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Title

Cultural imperialism : essays on the political economy of cultural domination / edited by Bernd Hamm and Russell Smandych.

Publication

Peterborough, Ont. ; Orchard Park, NY : Broadview Press, c2005.

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Additional Authors

• Hamm, Bernd.
• Smandych, Russell, 1956-

Description

xv, 322 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

• Critical thinking on cultural imperialism now cuts across many academic disciplines and subfields of interdisciplinary study. This is clearly reflected in the contents of the current book, which offers a diverse range of essays on the state of current research, knowledge, and global political action and debate on cultural imperialism. These 19 chapters, written by authors coming from many fields of interest and geographical backgrounds, provide compelling evidence of the close connection between cultural imperialism and the global power structure and the political and economic objectives behind current American attempts at global domination. However, as several of the chapters also show, cultural imperialism is certainly, historically, not an American invention, and it will probably long outlive the current American Empire. Also includes information on Buddhism, Christianity, colonialism, creation myths, English language, Foucauldian notion of governmentality, GATS (General Agreement of Trade in Services), Germany, India, Japan, Iraq, Islam, language, media, motion picture industry, neo liberalism, Philippines, postcolonial theory, science, South Korea, terrorism, war against terror, World Bank, etc.
• What is cultural imperialism? What are the arguments made by critics and apologists of recent well-documented efforts at American global cultural domination? How is cultural imperialism related to neo-liberalism and globalization? Is cultural imperialism a one-way process, or is it inherently recursive, involving many possible reverse cultural flows? How is American, and more broadly Anglo-Western, cultural imperialism revealed in specific cultural institutions, processes, and recent geopolitical global developments, including: the Hollywood motion picture industry and the culturally-homogenizing influence of powerful Western cultural and media industries; the battle over the ʺhearts and mindsʺ of the masses during the US-led ʺWar on Terrorismʺ; the neo-liberal attack on the humanities; GATS agreements on trade liberalization and the commodification of education; the forced imposition of World Bank-initiated ʺgood governanceʺ regimes in developing countries; and the current human catastrophe we are experiencing from our seemingly inevitable move toward global ecological destruction? These are some of the many questions answered by the authors in this book.

Subject

• Civilization > American influences
• Culture and globalization > United States
• Diffusion culturelle
• Imperialism
• Impérialisme
• Mondialisation > Aspect social
• Neoliberalism
• Popular culture > United States > Foreign public opinion
• United States > Foreign relations > 2001-2009
• United States > Relations
• World politics > 21st century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Cultural imperialism and its critics : rethinking cultural domination and resistance -- Cultural imperialism : the political economy of cultural domination -- Cultural imperialism : a short history, future, and a postscript from the present -- Imperialism as a theory of the future -- Cynical science : science and truth as cultural -- Legitimating domination : notes on the changing faces of cultural imperialism -- Content industries and cultural diversity : the case of motion pictures -- Cultural imperialism, stateʼs power, and civic activism in and beyond cyberspace : Asiaʼs newly industrializing economies (NIEs) in comparative perspective -- Media transmitted values transfer : the US at ʺwar against terrorismʺ and its implications for the information society -- Neo-liberalism and the attack on the humanities : the new social science of cultural imperialism -- The role of GATS in the commodification of education -- From white manʼs burden to good governance : economic liberalization and the commodification of law and ethics -- Deradicalization and the defeat of the feminist movement : the case of the Philippines -- Analyzing and resisting linguistic imperialism -- Protection of the worldʼs linguistic and ecological diversity : two sides of the same coin -- Eco-imperialism as an aspect of cultural imperialism -- The cultural imperialism of law Enrique Dussel and Ali Shariʼati on cultural imperialism -- Redefining cultural imperialism and the dynamics of culture contracts.

ISBN

• 155111707X
• 9781551117072

LCCN

^^2005360445

OCLC

56751838

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library