Modalities Of Change Wilkerson

By:

Wilkerson

Language: English Publication details: Berghahn Books, 2012 New YorkDescription: xii, 284 pages : ill : 23 cmISBN:

9780857455680

Subject(s):

Anthropology POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural SOCIAL SCIENCE General SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture Social change

DDC classification:

306.095 WIL

Summary: While in some cases modernity may dominate 'traditional' forms of expression, in others, the modern is embraced as a welcome source of new ideas that can modify 'tradition' while still keeping it within its own bounds. Maintaining a strong and distinct cultural identity with the help of modernity helps representatives of that identity cope with the modern world more generally. By contrast, assimilation to a dominant culture marked as modern is clearly associated with not only the loss of a distinct identity, but also its specific forms of cultural expression. This book explores the consequence

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Reference	Anna Centenary Library 3RD FLOOR, B WING	306.095 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	697360

Includes index

While in some cases modernity may dominate 'traditional' forms of expression, in others, the modern is embraced as a welcome source of new ideas that can modify 'tradition' while still keeping it within its own bounds. Maintaining a strong and distinct cultural identity with the help of modernity helps representatives of that identity cope with the modern world more generally. By contrast, assimilation to a dominant culture marked as modern is clearly associated with not only the loss of a distinct identity, but also its specific forms of cultural expression. This book explores the consequence

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