Cultural Imperialism: A Critical Introduction (Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society) - Softcover

Tomlinson, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801842506 ISBN 13: 9780801842504

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991

Synopsis

Cultural imperialism is treated as the central critical concept in a number of related disourses: the debate about 'Media Imperialism'; the discourse of national cultural identity; the critique of multinational capitalism and the critique of cultural modernity. Analysis of these various discourses reveals major problems in the way in which the idea of cultural ― as distinect from economic or political ― imperialism is forrmulated. Cultural Imperialism deals with issues ranging from the ideological effects of imported cultural products, to the process of cultural homogenization, to the nature of cultural autonomy. The author suggests that the critical discourses of cultural imperialism are bext understood, not in terms of natural cultures, but as protests against the rise of global cultural modernity.

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About the Author

John Tomlinson completed a Ph.D. on critial theory at the University of Bradford in 1985. Since then he has taught social theory and cultural studies at Nottingham and Bristol Polytechnics. His published works are in the areas of critical and social theory. He is presently Principal Lecturer in Social and Cultural Theory at Nottingham Polytechnic.

From the Back Cover

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801842506
• ISBN 13: 9780801842504
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200