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cultural imperialism

Cultural  
  1. The imposition of a foreign viewpoint or civilization on a people.


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“School Girls,” by Jocelyn Bioh, was a hoot onstage in 2017, telling its story about colorism and cultural imperialism in a Ghanaian high school in part through movement and composition.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2021

Her criteria included the following: exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism and violence.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2017

Is it American cultural imperialism in sandwich form?

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2016

Mainland China has long been seen as a different market – less Westernized, and perhaps more sensitive to matters of cultural imperialism.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2016

They are chary of another period of "shock therapy" and of creeping cultural imperialism.

From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Vaknin, Samuel