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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 Samuel Vaknin

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