Cultural Imperialism: A Critical Introduction Contributor(s): Tomlinson, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801842506 ISBN-13: 9780801842504 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $32.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1991 Annotation: The book deals with issues ranging from the ideological effects of cultural products, to the process of cultural homogenisation and the nature of cultural autonomy. The author suggests that the critical discourses of cultural imperialism are best understood, not in terms of national cultures, but as protests against the rise of global cultural modernity. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science | Imperialism |
Dewey: 306 |
LCCN: 90053700 |
Series: Parallax: Re-Visions of Culture and Society |
Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.93" W x 8.93" (0.64 lbs) 200 pages |
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Publisher Description: In Cultural Imperialism, John Tomlinson deals with issues ranging from the ideological effects of imported cultural products, to the process of cultural homogenization, to the nature of cultural autonomy. He examines a number of related discourses: thedebate about "media imperialism" the discourse of national cultural identity; the critique of multinational capitalism and the critique of cultural modernity. His analysis reveals major problems in the way in which the idea of cultural, as distinct from economic or political, imperialism is formulated. |