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| Contents |
Dub: introduction -- Adorno at Womad -- 'Dog tribe' -- Magical mystical tourism -- Authenticity or cultural politics? -- Internationalisms -- Critique of postcolonial Marxisms -- 'Naxalite' -- Conclusion: the culture industry. |
| Abstract |
This book questions the meaning of cultural hybridity. Using the growing popularity of Asian culture in the West as a case study, the author looks at just who benefits from this intermingling of culture. What does it mean when Madonna dons a bindi or Kula Shaker incorporate sitar music in their music? When Cherie Blair wears a sari to a public dinner? When the national dish in the UK is chicken tikka masala? Is this a celebration of multiculturalism or cultural appropriation? The author offers a cogently theorized political critique of the claims made in the name of hybridity and challenges the academic world to come out of its ivory tower and to engage in a critical debate around the real issues in cultural politics at the turn of the century. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index. |
| LCCN | 00009745 |
| ISBN | 0745315542 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0745315496 (pbk.) |
