Cultural Autonomy by Petra Rethmann, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

In recent years, globalization has challenged concepts such as localculture and cultural autonomy. And the rampant commodification ofcultural products that has accompanied the global turn has called intoquestion the way we define culture itself. Have these developmentstransformed the relationship between culture and autonomy? Havetraditional notions of cultural autonomy been recast? Cultural Autonomy showcases the work of scholars frommultiple fields of interest who are exploring new ways of understandingthe critical issue of globalization and culture. By defining culturebroadly – as a set of ideas or practices that range from literarycriticism and the work of public intellectuals such as Edward Said toGreenpeace, Zapatismo, and skateboarding – they trace how issuesof cultural autonomy have played out in various areas, including thehuman rights and environmental movements and among indigenous peoples. Although the contributors focus on the marginalized issue of autonomy, they offer a balanced perspective – one that reveals thatglobalization has not only limited but also created new forms ofcultural autonomy. A theoretically sophisticated collection, CulturalAutonomy redefines and carves out new terrain for debateabout autonomy and culture in an age of globalization. | Cultural Autonomy by Petra Rethmann, Paperback | Indigo Chapters