{"product_id":"cultural-ways-of-worldmaking-vera-nznning-9783110227550","title":"Cultural Ways of Worldmaking: Media and Narratives","description":"\u003cp\u003eTaking as its point of departure Nelson Goodman's theory of symbol systems as delineated in his seminal book \"Ways of Worldmaking\", this volume gauges the possibilities and perspectives offered by the worldmaking approach as a model for the study of culture. Its main objectives are to explore the usefulness and scope of the approach for the study of culture and to supplement Goodman's philosophy of worldmaking with a number of complementary disciplinary perspectives, literary and cultural approaches, and new questions and applications. It focuses on three key issues or concepts which illuminate ways of worldmaking and their interdisciplinary relevance and ramifications, viz. (1) theoretical approaches to ways of worldmaking, (2) the impact of media on ways of worldmaking, and (3) narratives as ways of worldmaking. The volume serves to demonstrate how specific media and narratives affect the worlds that are created, and shows how these worlds are established as socially relevant. It also illustrates the extent to which ways of worldmaking are imbued with cultural values, and thus inevitably implicated in power relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vera Nünning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 311022755X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783110227550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010 pg. 266","brand":"Vera Nünning","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48089076105471,"sku":"9783110227550","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa30135e-a931-4624-b968-63b0bb60195e.jpg?v=1769108061","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cultural-ways-of-worldmaking-vera-nznning-9783110227550","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}