On 3/27/07, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 3/25/07, Yoshie Furuhashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I got around to taking a look at an article by Omar Lizardo.
> According to him, theory of cultural imperialism argues that the more
> economically disadvantaged people are in the world economy, the more
> Westernized popular culture they consume. Naturally, he finds no
> evidence for that.*
There was a talk I heard on Pacifica Radio a very long time ago which
helped explain these issues (to me, at least). The key was that
importing foreign culture -- even "Westernized popular culture" -- is
not considered "cultural imperialism" in all cases. It's only
"cultural imperialism" if it's linked to economic & political
imperialism.
<snip>
It may not be that the "economically disadvantaged people are in the
world economy" consume more "Westernized popular culture" than other
populations do (per capita??). However, the people in those countries
may consider it to be more imperialistic than do people in rich
countries because they're at the bottom of the imperialist world
hierarchy of power and influence.
Especially if the culture in question is imposed by, for instance,
NGOs, consultants, etc. as well as occupation authorities, in the wake
of military invasion.
I have only read one article by Omar Lizardo. What does he think of
the economic and political aspects of imperialism? It's possible that
for him they do not loom large as problems -- they certainly don't in
this article.
--
Yoshie
