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Global Nature, Global Culture


Global Nature, Global Culture

Paperback by Franklin, Sarah; Lury, Celia; Stacey, Jackie

Global Nature, Global Culture

£60.00

ISBN:
9780761965992
Publication Date:
26 Sep 2000
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications Inc
Pages:
256 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 7 - 12 May 2024
Global Nature, Global Culture

Description

`An excellent book. The authors have the rare capacity to handle popular culture and case studies in a theoretically informed manner. Original and well researched' - Mike Featherstone, Nottingham Trent University Understandings of globalization have been little explored in relation to gender or related concerns such as identity, subjectivity and the body. This book contrasts `the natural' and `the global' as interpretive strategies, using approaches from feminist cultural theory. The book begins by introducing the central themes: ideas of the natural; questions of scale and context posed by globalization and their relation to forms of cultural production; the transformation of genealogy; and the emergence of interest in definitions of life and life forms. The authors explores these questions through a number of case studies including Benneton advertising, Jurassic Park, The Body Shop, British Airways, Monsanto and Dolly the Sheep. In order to respecify the `nature, culture and gender' concerns of two decades of feminist theory, this highly original book reflects, hypothesizes and develops new interpretive possibilities within established feminist analytical frames.

Contents

PART ONE: SECOND NATURE Spheres of Life Imprints of Time Units of Genealogy PART TWO: NATURE SECONDED The Global Within - Jackie Stacey Consuming Nature, Embodying Health The United Colors of Diversity - Celia Lury Essential and Inessential Culture Life Itself - Sarah Franklin Global Nature and the Genetic Imaginary

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