Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection - Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing - Books - Princeton University Press - 9780691120652 - November 28, 2004
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Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection


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Challenging the view that globalization signifies a 'clash' of cultures, this book here develops friction in its place as a metaphor for the conflicting social interactions that make up our contemporary world. It shows how creative cultural differences are in the grip of worldly encounter, and how it is overlooked in theories of the global.


344 pages, 3 halftones. 2 line illus.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released November 28, 2004
ISBN13 9780691120652
Publishers Princeton University Press
Pages 344
Dimensions 155 × 233 × 21 mm   ·   526 g
Language English  

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