Globalizing Cultures ─ Theories, Paradigms, Actions

Through a comparative analysis of representations of globalization the book Globalizing Cultures: Theories, Paradigms, Actions examines the way cultures and individuals oppose, resist and re-center globalization and how people negotiate a sense of identity and belonging in a global context.

Vincenzo Mele, PhD (2004), University of Bielefeld/University of Pisa, is Researcher Professor of Cultural Sociology at the University of Pisa. He has published monographs and articles in the field of cultural and urban studies, includedSociology, Aesthetics & The City (Plus - Universita di Pisa, 2011). Marina Vujnovic, PhD (2008), University of Iowa, is Assistant Professor of Global Communication, Media and Journalism at Monmouth University, NJ. She published monographs on Journalism, Gender and Modernity in the interwar Yogoslavia and on Partecipatory Journalism. She is author of several chapters, articles and conference papers.