New Book

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Steven Sherman

A timely consideration of the meaning of transnational cultural interactions 
today. 

RITUALS OF MEDIATION: International Politics and Social Meaning
François Debrix and Cynthia Weber, editors
University of Minnesota Press | 264 pages | 2003
ISBN 0-8166-4075-0 | paperback | $19.95
ISBN 0-8166-4074-2 | hardcover | $54.95

The authors consider international issues like security, development, political 
activism, and the war against terrorism through the lens of cultural practices 
such as traveling through airports, exhibiting art and photography, logging on 
to the Internet, and spinning news stories.

Contributors: Robin Brown, David Campbell, Michael Dillon, Debbie Lisle, Moya 
Lloyd, Timothy W. Luke, Patricia L. Price, Jayne Rodgers, Marysia Zalewski.

For more information, visit the book's webpage:
http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/D/debrix_rituals.html

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