Hybridity, or the cultural logic of globalization

The intermingling of people and media from different cultures is a communication-based phenomenon known as hybridity. Drawing on original research from Lebanon to Mexico and analyzing the use of the term in cultural and postcolonial studies (as well as the popular and business media), Marwan Kraidy...

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Main Author: Kraidy, Marwan, 1972- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press 2005.
Edition:1st ed
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Summary:The intermingling of people and media from different cultures is a communication-based phenomenon known as hybridity. Drawing on original research from Lebanon to Mexico and analyzing the use of the term in cultural and postcolonial studies (as well as the popular and business media), Marwan Kraidy offers readers a history of the idea and a set of prescriptions for its future use.Kraidy analyzes the use of the concept of cultural mixture from the first century A.D. to its present application in the academy and the commercial press. The book's case studies build an argument for understanding th
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (242 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-210) and index.
ISBN:9781281093882
9786611093884
9781592131457