Sociology / Unit 3 Soc 0334 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Cultural Imperialism
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The idea
Cultural imperialism is the deliberate imposition of one culture's values on another, backed by economic or political power rather than adopted by choice.
In practice
When distribution is controlled by a few exporters, local production competes on terms it did not set.
Where people slip
Not all cultural spread is imperialism — diffusion by choice and imposition by power differ, and collapsing them erases this entry's distinction.
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