Space of Affirmation (Global Media, Electronic World Landscape, and Cultural Boundaries)

Author: [UK] David Morley, [UK] Kevin Robins, translated by Si Yan
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: We are living in an era where the old unity—nation, culture, identity—is dissolving. Spatial Identity examines how people are reshaping collective cultural identity in a communication environment that utilizes wired and satellite communications under postmodern geographical conditions. The authors explore contemporary identity issues by examining the relationship between Europe and its major others—the United States, the Islamic world, and the East—a contemporary political theme. They demonstrate that, both in the past and now, Europe's own identity has been defined in relation to these others. Spatial Identity offers an insightful account of the complex and contradictory nature of contemporary cultural unity.