Consumer rights/cultural rights [Recurs electrònic] : a new politics of Europan belonging /
Cronin, Anne M.
Consumer rights/cultural rights a new politics of Europan belonging / [Recurs electrònic] : Anne M. Cronin - 17 p. : digital, fitxer PDF (303,85 Kb)
In an initiative by the World Commission on Culture and Development, the Council of Europe has produced a series of policy documents that aim to define Europe through a common `European culture'. This article explores the ideas of Europe, culture and consumerism that are used in the report to redefine the terms of European belonging and rights. I explore the gendered and racial interconnections in these definitions and the rhetorical use of cultural heritage in generating an idea(l) of Europe. I argue that new connections between consumer rights, European rights and cultural rights in the Council of Europe's discourses produce shifts in liberal concepts of self-expressive representational politics. These changes have important implications for those who have an ambiguous and/or marginalized relation to the terms of citizenship and cultural belonging. (Font: Autor)
DOI: 10.1177/1364942002005003067
Consumer rights/cultural rights a new politics of Europan belonging / [Recurs electrònic] : Anne M. Cronin - 17 p. : digital, fitxer PDF (303,85 Kb)
In an initiative by the World Commission on Culture and Development, the Council of Europe has produced a series of policy documents that aim to define Europe through a common `European culture'. This article explores the ideas of Europe, culture and consumerism that are used in the report to redefine the terms of European belonging and rights. I explore the gendered and racial interconnections in these definitions and the rhetorical use of cultural heritage in generating an idea(l) of Europe. I argue that new connections between consumer rights, European rights and cultural rights in the Council of Europe's discourses produce shifts in liberal concepts of self-expressive representational politics. These changes have important implications for those who have an ambiguous and/or marginalized relation to the terms of citizenship and cultural belonging. (Font: Autor)
DOI: 10.1177/1364942002005003067