{"product_id":"global-cultureindividual-identity-gordon-mathews-9780415206167","title":"Global Culture\/Individual Identity: Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket","description":"Most people still think of themselves as belonging to a particular culture. Yet today, many of us who live in affluent societies choose aspects of our lives from a global cultural supermarket, whether in terms of food, the arts or spiritual beliefs. So if roots are becoming simply one more consumer choice, can we still claim to possess a fundamental cultural identity?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlobal Culture\/Individual Identity\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on three groups for whom the tension between a particular national culture and the global cultural supermarket is especially acute: Japanese artists, American religious seekers and Hong Kong intellectuals after the handover to China. These ethnographic case studies form the basis for a theory of culture which we can all see reflected in our own lives.\u003cbr\u003eGordon Mathews opens up the complex and debated topics of globalization, culture and identity in a clear and lively style.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon Mathews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415206162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415206167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 5.48w x 0.59d","brand":"Gordon Mathews","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46866989744383,"sku":"9780415206167","price":51.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5db28e48-39f6-48d8-9055-3d948adb255e.jpg?v=1747453625","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/global-cultureindividual-identity-gordon-mathews-9780415206167","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}