Cultural autonomy : frictions and connections / edited by Petra Rethmann, Imre Szeman, and William D. Coleman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction: Cultural Autonomy, Politics, and Global Capitalism""; ""2 Our Ways of Knowing: Globalization � The End of Universalism?""; ""3 Bioeconomics, Culture, and Politics after Globalization""; ""4 Globalization, Postmodernism, and (Autonomous) Criticism""; ""5 The World, the Literary, and the Political""; ""6 Global Public Intellectuals, Autonomy, and Culture: Reflections Inspired by the Death of Edward Said""

""7 The Politics of Indigenous Knowledge in Environmental Assessment: James Bay Crees and Hydroelectric Projects""""8 Global Humanitarianism and Racial Autonomy in Roméo Dallaire�s Shake Hands with the Devil""; ""9 Global Activism and the Visual Grammar of Nature""; ""10 Making Big Noise: The Northern Resonance of Zapatismo""; ""11 Anti-Fascist Gluttons of the World Unite! The Cultural Politics of Slow Food""; ""12 Autonomy on the Market: China and India Change Tracks""

""13 Dead-Stock Boards, Blown-Out Spots, and the Olympic Games: Global Twists and Local Turns in the Formation of China�s Skateboarding Community""""Notes and Acknowledgments""; ""Works Cited""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""

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Offers a multifaceted perspective on how global changes in the organization of power have transformed the ability of individuals and communities to create their own meanings.

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