Transcultural Experiments: Russian and American Models of Creative Communication - Couverture souple

Berry, E.; Epstein, M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 134942157X ISBN 13 : 9781349421572

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 1999

Synopsis

Contemporary processes of globalization have had a profound impact on cultural production and dissemination both intra- and cross-culturally. The dissemination of cultures on a global scale has led to multiple and complex effects, among them the formation of radical new modes of cultural interaction, transcultural flows, and hybridized knowledges, forms not easily understandable in terms of traditional models of discrete national or ethnic cultures/subcultures. Transcultural Experiments develops new scholarly and creative strategies out of this intersection of cultural traditions, specifically in Russia and the United States. Ellen E. Berry and Mikhail N. Epstein define and enact a transcultural method as an alternative to the legacies of cultural divisions and hegemony that have dominated both Western and Second Worlds. The book introduces a system of original concepts and genres of writing that will help in mapping twenty-first century global culture: 'transculture' (vs. multiculturalism), 'interference' (vs. difference), 'potentiation' (vs. deconstruction), ethics of imagination, and collective improvisation. The authors make a revolutionary argument in cultural studies that will be of profound interest to anyone concerned with finding new modes of intercultural communication between the former First and Second Worlds.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

ELLEN E. BERRY is Associate Professor of English and Co-Chair of the English Department at Bowling Green State University.

MIKHAIL N. EPSTEIN is Associate Professor in the Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures at Emory University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 134942157X
• ISBN 13: 9781349421572
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 349
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