Cultural Theory and the Problem of Modernity

Cultural Theory and the Problem of Modernity
ISBN-10
1349268305
ISBN-13
9781349268306
Category
Social Science
Pages
188
Language
English
Published
1998-08-24
Publisher
Macmillan International Higher Education
Author
Alan Swingewood

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Alan Swingewood. coexist within a national language and culture, they do so not as isolated voices laid out in distinctive and separate culture enclaves, but as communities listening and speaking to one another.

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