Meaning Cultural imperialism
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Cultural imperialism


The practice of systematically spreading the influence of one culture over others by means of physical and economic domination. Usually involves an assumption of cultural superiority (ethnocentrism). [..]
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Cultural imperialism


Form of cultural hegemony enabling some states to impose worldview, values, and lifestyles on others. Term used by critics of American global influence to describe how U.S. dominates others, e.g., by disseminating ideology of consumerism, hedonistic popular culture, or particular model of free-market society.
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Cultural imperialism


A term used by Iris Young to indicate the way in which society asserts that certain types of behaviour are 'natural' by marking out certain types of non-conforming behaviour as 'other&# [..]
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Cultural imperialism


the practice of imposing one’s cultural products and values onto other societies, whether they want it or not, destroying native cultures in the process.
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Cultural imperialism


is hegemonic influence over cultural production (movies, TV, music, etc.) by one culture over others. The culture subject to cultural imperialism is overwhelmed and overridden by the dominant culture from outside such that local traditions are lost or transformed beyond recognition The US and to a lesser degree Europe have been accused of cultural [..]
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Cultural imperialism


The imposition of Western, and especially American, cultural values on non-Western cultures, and the undermining of local cultures and cultural independence. Often linked to media imperialism.
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Cultural imperialism


is the rapid spread or advance of one culture at the expense of others, or its imposition on other cultures, which it modifies, replaces, or destroys-usually due to economic or political reasons.
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Cultural imperialism


the practice of imposing the culture of one country on another, be it by means of force or not ''Nobody is forced to watch American films, and yet many in the world consider Hollywood a means of c [..]
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