{"product_id":"visceral-cosmopolitanism-mica-nava-9781845202439","title":"Visceral Cosmopolitanism Gender, Culture and the Normalisation of Difference","description":"Cultural theorist Mica Nava makes an original and significant contribution to the study of cosmopolitanism by exploring everyday English urban cosmopolitanism and foregrounding the gendered, imaginative and empathetic aspects of positive engagement with cultural and racial difference. By looking at a wide range of texts, events and biographical narratives, she traces cosmopolitanism from its marginal status at the beginning of the 20th century to its relative normalisation today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCase studies include the promotion of cosmopolitanism by Selfridges before the first world war; relationships between white English women and 'other' men - Jews and black GIs - during the 1930s and 1940s; literary, cinematic and social science representations of migrants in postcolonial Britain; and Diana and Dodi's interracial romance in the 1990s. In the final chapter, the author draws on her own complex family history to illustrate the contemporary cosmopolitan London experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScholars have tended to ignore the oppositional cultures of antiracism and social inclusivity. This ground-breaking study redresses this imbalance and offers a sophisticated account of the uneven history of vernacular cosmopolitanism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mica Nava\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1845202430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781845202439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Mica Nava","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44860474818815,"sku":"9781845202439","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_785d826a-3c84-4709-b677-474fb050dc29.jpg?v=1709136172","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/visceral-cosmopolitanism-mica-nava-9781845202439","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}