AmalgaNations - How Globalisation is Good (Electronic book text)

ItOCOs globalised culture - but not as we know it.Fuelled by curiosity and wanderlust, reporter Doug Hendrie travels to the edges of our world to find the most unexpected - and bizarre - examples of cultural mash-ups, from the StarCraft videogame superstars of South Korea to the Clash-loving punks of Indonesia.A whirlwind world tour through surprising subcultures told with subtle humour, AmalgaNations picks up where Louis Theroux leaves off.OCyWeOCOre used to carting our travel discoveries home, but as Doug Hendrie proves itOCOs a two-way trade. Particularly when high tech, sex and style make the most unexpected converts.OCO Tony Wheeler OCyTravelling isnOCOt just about where you go but what you do when you get there: where you look, what you see, who you meet and the questions you ask. Hendrie gets all this right and more in a book which doesnOCOt just take us places but into what feels like the future - a future that is here, now.OCO Sophie Cunningham OCyHendrie challenges stereotypes, celebrates differences and shows that, at base, what makes us all human is our ability to creatively adapt to and engage with our increasingly interconnected world.OCO Damien Kingsbury OCyDoug HendrieOCOs personal and insightful account of the connections between the West and other cultures exposes hidden truths about our global village.OCO Jacqueline Kent OCyFrom GhanaOCOs sorcery, scams and soft- porn film industry to gay power in the Philippines ... Welcome to Doug HendrieOCOs world tour of rebirthed cultures.OCO Christopher Kremmer"