Visceral Cosmopolitanism - Couverture souple

Nava, Mica

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845202430 ISBN 13 : 9781845202439

Editeur : Berg Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

Cultural theorist Mica Nava makes an original and significant contribution to the study of cosmopolitanism by exploring everyday English urban cosmopolitanism and foregrounding the gendered, imaginative and empathetic aspects of positive engagement with cultural and racial difference. By looking at a wide range of texts, events and biographical narratives, she traces cosmopolitanism from its marginal status at the beginning of the twentieth century to its relative normalisation today. Case studies include the promotion of cosmopolitanism by Selfridges before the first world war; relationships between white English women and 'other' men -- Jews and black Gis -- during the 1930s and 1940s; literary, cinematic and social science representations of migrants in postcolonial Britain; and Diana and Dodi's interracial romance in the 1990s. In the final chapter, the author draws on her own complex family history to illustrate the contemporary cosmopolitan London experience.Scholars have tended to ignore the oppositional cultures of antiracism and social inclusivity. This groundbreaking study redresses this imbalance and offers a sophisticated account of the uneven history of vernacular cosmopolitanism.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mica Nava is Emeritus Professor of Cultural Studies in the School of Arts and Digital Industries at the University of East London, UK. She is a cultural historian of British modernity and everyday race difference.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Berg Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845202430
• ISBN 13: 9781845202439
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 222
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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