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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"cultural imperialism"”.
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Modernization or cultural imperialism: A critical reading of Taiwan's national scholarship program for overseas study
… of various broader political, economic and cultural structures. Ethnographic interviews, in spite of the fact that the emergent themes of the interviewees were not directly associated with the grand policy discourse of modernization for national and social development, revealed a shared …
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Media control and propaganda in occupied Korea, 1945-1948: Toward an origin of cultural imperialism
… analyzes the history and origins of a case of cultural imperialism through examining media control and propaganda activities during the 1945-1948 U.S. occupation of South Korea.
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Tribesmen or hustlers? : tourism, cultural imperialism and the creation of a new social class in Zanzibar
Bibliography: leaves 71-76.
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The D-Day Landings in First-Person Shooters (1999-2005): A Case Study in Cultural Imperialism and the Americanisation of Popular History
… their version of history, thus impacting the cultural memories of a significant portion of consumers. Research into the games was broken down into the different layers in which narrative is communicated to the players: paratexts; cinematics; and gameplay – each containing their own strategies …
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Performing Methods of Undress towards a Re-Imagined African Masculine Identity
… Said defines these legacies, via notions of “cultural imperialism”. The purpose of this paper is to inquire whether an aesthetic change from this ideological legacy would ultimately lead to a change in African masculine embodiments. The research identifies and applies multiple references from …
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"Transient Beauties": Early Nineteenth-Century British Women and the Construction of a Global Imperial Science Culture
… expansion in the early nineteenth century, the cultural practices around the accumulation and development of scientific knowledge went with them. This thesis explores the practices of botanical science by analyzing the travels and activities of British women, while situating those activities …
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Women who kill their abusive partners : an analysis of queer theory, social justice and the criminal law
… and her notions of gender as performativity, cultural intelligibility, materialisation and resignification. The model of social justice used is drawn from the work of Iris Marion Young. One particular aspect of her model of social justice is considered to be pertinent: cultural imperialism. …
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MANIFEST DESTINY IN CHINA: A COMPARISON OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICAN INDIAN WARS OF THE 1800S WITH CHINA’S STRIKE HARD CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE UYGHUR MUSLIMS OF XINJIANG PROVINCE
… fallout associated with violent acts of imperialism. In order to address this phenomenon, this thesis examines the role of cultural imperialism in the Information Age by comparing and contrasting two case studies: the American Indian Wars and the present-day plight of the Uyghurs in …
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The Experiences of Youth from Immigrant and Refugee Backgrounds in a Social Justice Leadership Program: A Participatory Action Research Photovoice Project
… exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, and violence; and her four normative ideals of a deliberative model of democracy: inclusion, political equality, reasonableness, and publicity. I used photovoice and semi-structured interviews as part of the research design to …
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Anna He Purnabramha: Deorukhe Women’s Agency in the Making of Bodies, Cuisines, and Culture in Maharashtra, India
… concerns. While some are apprehensive about cultural loss and western cultural imperialism, others make a case for the rise of glocalization. While some espouse the positives of a free market economy, others are critical of the nutrition transition in developing countries and what this means …
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Dochas is Duchas, Hope and Heritage Gaelscoileanna; Transforming Power and Linguistic Ideology
… Gaelscoileanna their impetus. Employing a cross-cultural, post-Colonial comparison, it is argued that the imperial structure of Irish education has been maintained as a means of legitimising the State, by producing citizens to the state. In so doing, the rationale for the marginalisation of the …
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Race and the Renaissance: The legacy of diversity in Disney fairy-tale and folkloresque film adaptations
… Disney’s corporate commodification of multiculturalism and diversity to examine the impacts versus the stated intentions of a US-centric corporation with conservative roots to become more diverse and multicultural in its depiction of race and ethnicity in a more globalized world. I argue …
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An examination of the politico-literary strategies of some Third World writers
… interest here. Notions of neo-colonialism and cultural imperialism were examined in order to set the context in which "Third World" authors write. The use of the mode of realism by these authors was investigated. The work of Hayden White was used to establish the fact that versions of history …
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Failure to engage : the Breasted-Rockefeller gift of a new Egyptian Museum and Research Institute at Cairo (1926)
… that the project was an early example of U.S. cultural imperialism, disguised as a gift of "Science," from the "Great Democracy of the West," to an Egypt desirous of independence from British and French empires. Deploying the twin themes of post World War I "opportunity" (political) and …
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The Myth of African Culture in Islam
… my research is to reassess themes and notions of cultural imperialism and African perceptions and responses to foreign influences, while at the same time explore traditional cultural patterns, cultural identity, and continuity within the context of an ethno-history. It further brings together and …
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Legacy of Betrayal: A Trans-Atlantic Comparison of the Cherokee Removal and the Highland Clearances
… Examining the effects of colonialism and cultural imperialism on indigenous populations, the following examines the ways in these peoples mediated their colonial experiences through their own cultural mores, how the removals were carried out, and the resultant impact on these indigenes. …
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This is Africa: Whiteness and Representations of the other recent Hollywood Films
… we desire to decolonize minds and imaginations, cultural studies' focus on popular culture can be and is a powerful site for interventions, challenge, and change... only if we start with a mind-set and a progressive politics that is fundamentally anticolonialist, that negates cultural imperialism …
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Christian Supersessionism and the Dilemma of Dialogue in Jos Nigeria: Exploring Panikkar’s Dialogical Dialogue as a Paradigm for Interreligious Dialogue
… in 1903. Islamic opposition to British cultural imperialism and religious superiority continues in its outright rejection of Christian supersessionism and the formation of fundamentalist sects. Though not denying the importance of addressing the economic, ethnic, and political context of …
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Cultural Nationalism in the Age of Mass Media: Television and the Struggle Over Meaning in Wales
… the late 1960s until 1982, a revitalized Welsh cultural nationalism mobilized over the issue of Welsh-language television. This study of that mobilization uses theories of culture and politics from the cultural studies literature to examine transformations in the discourses on culture during the …
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