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Cultural Complexity: Studies in the Social Organization of Meaning

By Ulf Hannerz

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
1992
ISBN
0231076223, 9780231076227
LCC
HM101 .H27 1992
Google Books ID
4Y78TGNAp78C
Open Library ID
OL1544395M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4301561 bytes)
Pages
178\178
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

A rich, witty, and accessible introduction to the anthropology of contemporary cultures, Cultural Complexity emphasizes that culture is organized in terms of states, markets, and movements. Hannerz pays special attention to the interplay between the centralizing agencies of culture, such as schools and media, and the decentering diversity of subcultures, and considers the special role of cities as the centers of cultural growth.Hannerz discusses cultural process in small-scale societies, the concept of subcultures, and the economics and politics of culture. Finally, he presents the twentieth-century globalization of culture as a process of cultural diffusion, polycentralism, and local innovation, focusing on periods of intensive cultural productivity in Vienna, Calcutta, and San Francisco.

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