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oapen-20.500.12657-267022021-11-04T14:12:12Z Cartographies of Differences Vieten, Ulrike M. Valentine, Gill Anti-Gay Christian Polititcs Cartographies Cartography Cosmpopolitan Times Cross-Cultural Communication Difference Differences Interdisciplinary Narratives of Homophobia Perspectives Vieten bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFC Cultural studies bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSJ Gender studies, gender groups::JFSJ1 Gender studies: women bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RG Geography This volume investigates the process of learning how to live with individual and group differences in the twenty-first century and examines the ambivalences of contemporary cosmopolitanism. Engaging with the concept of ‘critical cartography’, it emphasizes the structural impact of localities on the experiences of those living with difference, while trying to develop an account of the counter-mappings that follow spatial and social transformations in today’s world. The contributors focus on visual, normative and cultural embodiments of difference, examining dynamic conflicts at local sites that are connected by the processes of Europeanization and globalization. <BR> The collection explores a wide range of topics, including conflicting claims of sexual minorities and conservative Christians, the relationship between national identity and cosmopolitanism, and the ways that cross-cultural communication and bilingualism can help us to understand the complex nature of belonging. The authors come from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds and all contribute to a vernacular reading of cosmopolitanism and transnationalism, aimed at opening up new avenues of research into living with difference. 2019-01-10 23:55 2018-12-01 23:55:55 2019-01-10 03:00:40 2020-04-01T11:18:36Z 2020-04-01T11:18:36Z 2016-04-01 book 1003359 OCN: 946704395 9783035397000;9783034318594 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/26702 eng New Visions of the Cosmopolitan application/pdf n/a 1003359.pdf Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 10.3726/978-3-0353-0804-4 10.3726/978-3-0353-0804-4 e927e604-2954-4bf6-826b-d5ecb47c6555 9783035397000;9783034318594 5 240 Bern open access
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This volume investigates the process of learning how to live with individual and group differences in the twenty-first century and examines the ambivalences of contemporary cosmopolitanism. Engaging with the concept of ‘critical cartography’, it emphasizes the structural impact of localities on the experiences of those living with difference, while trying to develop an account of the counter-mappings that follow spatial and social transformations in today’s world. The contributors focus on visual, normative and cultural embodiments of difference, examining dynamic conflicts at local sites that are connected by the processes of Europeanization and globalization. <BR> The collection explores a wide range of topics, including conflicting claims of sexual minorities and conservative Christians, the relationship between national identity and cosmopolitanism, and the ways that cross-cultural communication and bilingualism can help us to understand the complex nature of belonging. The authors come from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds and all contribute to a vernacular reading of cosmopolitanism and transnationalism, aimed at opening up new avenues of research into living with difference.
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