culture and global diasporas

[Richard J Senghas]

At 7:59 AM +0900 2/18/00, John McCreery wrote:

>Good question, this. On my bookshelves I have Ulf Hannerz,Transnational
>Connections, and James Clifford, Routes, for starters. I wonder what others
>will suggest.

I second the suggestion of Hannerz. I've found his (1992) Cultural
Complexity: Studies in the Social Organization of Meaning (Columbia U
Press) very useful, too.

Also, check out stuff by Robert Foster, especially if you want to look at
commodities and nationalism/transnationalism issues.

-Richard

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