{"product_id":"global-cultureindividual-identity-searching-for-home-in-the-cultural-supermarket-0415206154","title":"Global Culture\/Individual Identity: Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0415206154\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mathews, Gordon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost people still think of themselves as belonging to a particular culture. Yet today, many of us who live in affluent societies choose aspects of our lives from a global cultural supermarket, whether in terms of food, the arts or spiritual beliefs. So if roots are becoming simply one more consumer choice, can we still claim to possess a fundamental cultural identity?Global Culture\/Individual Identity focuses on three groups for whom the tension between a particular national culture and the global cultural supermarket is especially acute: Japanese artists, American religious seekers and Hong Kong intellectuals after the handover to China. These ethnographic case studies form the basis for a theory of culture which we can all see reflected in our own lives.Gordon Mathews opens up the complex and debated topics of globalization, culture and identity in a clear and lively style.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862761308448,"sku":"NEW0415206154","price":268.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61qWRNJhjvL.jpg?v=1781635184","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/global-cultureindividual-identity-searching-for-home-in-the-cultural-supermarket-0415206154","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}