Multiculturalism, Postcoloniality, and Transnational Media (Rutgers Depth of Field Series)

ISBN 10: 0813532353 / ISBN 13: 9780813532356

Published by Rutgers University Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Multiculturalism, Postcoloniality, and Transnational Media (Rutgers Depth of Field Series)
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813532353
• ISBN 13: 9780813532356
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fair
• Dimensions: 2.03W x 17.78H x 25.4D centimeters 2.03 centimeters width by 17.78 centimeters height by 25.4 centimeters depth
• Weight: 735 grams

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Synopsis

Reflecting the burgeoning academic interest in issues of nation, race, gender, sexuality, and other axes of identity, Multiculturalism, Postcoloniality, and Transnational Media brings all of these concerns under the same umbrella, contending that these issues must be discussed in relation to each other. Communities, societies, nations, and even entire continents, the book suggests, exist not autonomously but rather in a densely woven web of connectedness.

To explore this complexity, the editors have forged links between usually compartmentalized fields (especially media studies, literary theory, visual culture, and critical anthropology) and areas of inquiry-particularly postcolonial and diasporic studies and a diverse set of ethnic and area studies. This book, which links all these issues in suggestive ways, provides an indispensable guide for students and scholars in a wide variety of disciplines. Essays in this groundbreaking volume include Julianne Burton-Carvajal on ethnic identity in Lone Star; Manthia Diawara on diasporic documentary; Hamid Naficy on independent transnational film genres; Robyn Wiegman on whiteness studies; Faye Ginsburg on indigenous media; and Jennifer Gonzßles on race in cyberspace; Ana M. Lopez on modernity and Latin American cinema; and Inderpal Grewal and Caren Kaplan on Warrior Marks and multiculturalism and globalization.

About the Author

Ella Shohat is a professor of cultural studies at New York University. Her books include Israeli Cinema, Dangerous Liaisons, and Talking Visions. Robert Stam has been named University Professor at New York University. He is the author of over ten books on film and cultural studies. Together, Shohat and Stam authored the award-winning Unthinking Eurocentrism: Multiculturalism and the Media.