Imagined Globalization

"Humanists and social scientists in the United States have found Néstor García Canclini's work indispensable since his book Hybrid Cultures became available in English. Since then, García Canclini has continued to produce books of great importance. Imagined Globalization stands out because it argues for new categories to study Latin American national development under the pressures of globalization." - Román de la Campa, author of Latin Americanism

"Making Néstor García Canclini's Imagined Globalization available to English-speaking readers is a major contribution to debates about globalization. Garcia Canclini's thinking on questions of modernity and globalization has been foundational in Latin American studies, 'American' studies, and global studies, and it is inconceivable to work in these fields without referencing his work." - Diana Taylor, author of The Archive and the Repertoire: Performing Cultural Memory in the Americas

"For those engaging the question of howwemay move beyond narrow geopolitical horizons to embrace world anthropologies, this important book offers an exemplary model and abundant food for thought." - Florence E. Babb, American Anthropologist

"[O]ffers a nuanced examination of globalization…García Canclini creatively marshals autoethnographies, fictional scenarios, metaphors and cultural theorizing to compel the reader to consider global horizons broader than those imagined and channeled by the United States’ and Europe’s anthropological purview." - Dustin Welch García, Ameriquests

"Néstor García Canclini’s Imagined Globalization urges a rearticulation of globalization discourse away from a solely economic or political focus to include the ways in which art, literature, fi lm, music, and television demonstrate interculturality…. Above all, this text gives the reader tangible examples of the exclusionary repercussions inherent to globalization, including a rich analysis proving imaginaries are culturally constructed." - Christine Preble, Journal of Anthropological Research

"Despite the passage of time, this book retains a capacity to surprise and inspire." - John Gledhill, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

"This book is recommended to anyone interested in ways to manage globalization using the tools of culture, art, politics, and democracy. Most of the book uses accessible prose, and the translator, George Yúdice, has done a fantastic job of inserting notes where minor updates to the original text are necessary." - Amentahru Wahlrab, The Latin Americanist

“This translated version of Imagined Globalization is bookended by a highly insightful reading guide prepared by the translator, George Yúdice, and a uniquely compelling Epilogue consisting of a conversation between Garía Canclini and Toby Miller in 2011. Together they serve to update the text, helping readers to situate it within a larger trajectory of scholarly research on globalisation and Garía Canclini’s own body of work. Imagined Globalization deserves the attention of social scientists and Latin Americanists interested in the ‘possibilities-impossibilities of intercultural cooperation’ (p. 71) in a global age.” - Sarah Lyon, Bulletin of Latin American Research