Fictions of Globalization
Consumption, the Market and the Contemporary American Novel
1st Edition
Published on 14. March 2006
208 pages
978-1-84714-270-2 (ISBN)
Description
Interpreting recent American fiction in terms linked to the growing appreciation of culture's place in the globalization debate, this book offers an innovative, critical approach to the study of contemporary literature.
Prompted by the contemporary American novel's preoccupation with consumerism and the market, this book considers the implications these texts raise for the analysis of globalization and suggests that they offer unique ways of knowing and understanding contemporary social and economic contexts. Far from simply reflecting existing realities, The Fictions of Globalization reads contemporary writing's focus on consumption and the market as the sign of a productive exchange between the forces of commercial coordination and the enduringly creative and expressive patterns of modern culture.
Prompted by the contemporary American novel's preoccupation with consumerism and the market, this book considers the implications these texts raise for the analysis of globalization and suggests that they offer unique ways of knowing and understanding contemporary social and economic contexts. Far from simply reflecting existing realities, The Fictions of Globalization reads contemporary writing's focus on consumption and the market as the sign of a productive exchange between the forces of commercial coordination and the enduringly creative and expressive patterns of modern culture.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-84714-270-2 (9781847142702)
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Content
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: Culture Incorporated
2. Cash rules everything around me
3. Branding, Consumption and Identity
4. The Fictions of Globalization
5. Pure shores
6. Migrating Globalization
Notes
Bibliography
Filmography
Discography
Index
1. Introduction: Culture Incorporated
2. Cash rules everything around me
3. Branding, Consumption and Identity
4. The Fictions of Globalization
5. Pure shores
6. Migrating Globalization
Notes
Bibliography
Filmography
Discography
Index
