Understanding cultural globalization /
Paul Hopper.
- Cambridge, U.K. ; Malden, Mass. : Polity, 2007.
- vi, 233 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Approaching Cultural Globalization 1. The Histories of Cultural Globalization 2. Travelling Cultures 3. Global Communication, Media and Technology 4. Globalization and Global Culture 5. Globalization and National Culture 6. Globalization and Cultural Conflict 7. Globalization and Cosmopolitanism Conclusion: Cultural Globalizations.
Paul Hopper leads the reader through the varied issues associated with globalization and culture, including deterritorialization, cosmopolitanism, cultural hybridization and homogenization as well as claims that aspects of globalization are provoking cultural resistance.