From Yo soy Betty, la fea to Ugly Betty: Interculturalisation and Globalisation Globalisation is a phenomenon that has led to abundant connections between cultures and people, which has in turn stimulated the reception and the export of all types of artistic and cultural features. It was commonly believed that these cultural flows were simply a form of imperialism and domination by the Western world over the non-West. Nevertheless, as Chris Barker states in Cultural Studies, “Globalization is not constituted by a monolithic one-way flow from 'the west to the rest'” (163). In many cases, the West becomes the target of this flux of exchange, and it is influenced by the ideas and perceptions that are imported from other parts of the world. Some …show more content…
Accordingly, homogenisation is believed to be one of the negative consequences of globalisation and interculturalisation. As Barker states in Cultural Studies, the homogenisation thesis proclaims that culture is becoming homogenised and standardised around the Western pattern and that this phenomenon involves a loss of cultural diversity (Barker 161). Nevertheless, globalisation is not constituted by a one-way flow from the West to the rest, but by a multidirectional flow from all parts of the world. Consequently, “global interconnection does not necessarily mean cultural conformity” (Holton 140). A telenovela such as Yo soy Betty, la fea, which originated in the non-Western world and has reached not only the United States, but also Europe and Asia, serves as an example of how artistic creations travel and become a source of inspiration for other cultures. Nevertheless, the example of Ugly Betty has reflected that the adaptations differ and that cultural contact does not lead to homogenisation. To create Ugly Betty, producers selected features from Yo soy Betty, la fea and underwent a process of modification. Moreover, they introduced features of their own culture and the contacts between both resulted in the creation of a hybrid. Although intercultural contact might involve the extraction of elements from other cultures and adapting them into one's own, the hybrids that arise are so vast and diverse that it is nearly impossible to reach a completely homogenised culture. Conclusively, although globalisation connects the majority of the people of the world, it does not eradicate unique features of each culture. This contact leads to the adaptation and modification of social and artistic features to create new cultures, but not to a completely conformed and
Lisa Lowe’s introduction on the word “globalization” was interesting as it reminded me of the readings and lectures regarding colonization of the United States. Globalization is described conditions that increased economic, social, and political interdependence among people. The article allows for comparisons to be made with eighteenth century America. For example, the arrival of English colonists led to a change in the North American landscape. This could also be described as an invasion of native land as colonists felt the land belonged to them. Similarly, Globalization also mentions American invasion in the context of the conflicts against Afghanistan and Iraq. In addition, both seventeenth and twentieth century America appear to some effect
Cultural globalization involves the “spread of culture beyond the region or state from which it originated.” (Davies 1). To understand what cultural globalization is, one must understand what falls under the category of culture, which includes religion, language,
( 254 ). When Alvarez describes how desperately the main character in, “All-American Girl”, is trying to fit into the American culture one can easily visualize a young, confused Latina teenager. She portrays the insecurities that come with being different through the eyes of a young immigrant. Each method of sensory images was unique to its own but efficient in expressing emotions and
“Cultural-identity is a rich tapestry of an individual's life experiences, race, nationality, heritage, beliefs, language, customs and worldview” The definition means it's a race in what culture you are, for example, Muslims some Muslims cover their hair and sometimes body because its part of their race. Therefore their ancestor they did the same and it keeps going threw all generations. In book “Everyday Use” by (Alice Walker) it says that the family they have quills and they remained threw generations. They all obtain contradictory opinions on the quills for example the mom thinks they represent a piece of family history in which she knows because when she was little her parents had the quills and her grandparents also had the quills. For
...ance over one another as Marx and Engels state that capitalism removes national borders, industries, and differences while Appadurai argues that cultural globalization maintains essential differences across national borders. Both authors also declare progressive and unproductive effects of this shared cultural globalization as these mention strong and weak points of their arguments. In addition, we become aware of new chaos within cultural globalization by utilizing the concept of globalization in Frazier’s article with Appadurai’s idea of disjuncture flows. Therefore, as we compare and contrast the different perceptions of cultural globalization which Marx and Engels, Appadurai and Frazier present, we effectively identify globalization as resources to reorganize of globalizing not only a controlling entity, but also to comprehend the system of this global culture.
Globalization is a term which became popular after the 3th quarter of the 20th century. It is used to describe the movement of people, information, commodities and financial tools across national borders which increase the interconnection between countries economically, politically, socially and culturally. The effects of globalisation on different fields are one of the main discussion topics of these days. One can easily find thousands of articles on the impacts of globalisation on economy, agriculture, politics, democracy, science and even on climate. However, globalisation and its effects on culture is an unheeded area. The defenders of globalisation consciously avoid discussing culture, because they all know that globalisation is the main source of cultural genocide.
“Globalisation” is an old process that started way before the 20th century. In fact, the first signs of globalisation appeared with the first merchants that used to travel from a country to an another to buy and sell theirs goods. But “globalisation...
In this essay I will give a detailed explanation of what sociologists mean by the term ‘globalisation’ and how they have tried to explain it.
The first theme of the four themes is Global Interrelatedness can be used on how The United States and Britain formed an alliance to stop Adolf Hitler and his axis countries. I think this is Global Interrelatedness because it is connecting both countries which is what Global Interrelatedness is about it is about connecting cultures through things like trade and pacts(Findley & Rothney,2011). The United States and Britain making a pact shows them working together during World War II. This pact is also still today so this has also made Britain and the United States permanent allies(Halsy & Friedman, 1983). Another example of Global Interrelatedness is Adolf Hitlers far reaching allies from Japan and Italy.
The Tower of Babel is an ancient story where God mixed up the languages of the people in order to disconnect any communication between them and limit the interaction between the people. By doing this, it created confusion and forced certain people to gather into similar groups in order to understand one another, thus creating different cultures. The film Babel, directed by Inarritu, portrays a story of four separate families from all around the world, each affected by something another family had done. It seems then, that the name Babel is an ironic term to the film as the movie rather displays a disappearance of the confusion between cultures and instead creates one world that these people all have a connection to. It represents globalization
Globalization is becoming one of the most controversial topics in today’s world. We see people arguing over the loss of a nation’s cultural identity, the terror of westernization, and the reign of cultural imperialism. Through topics such as these we explore the possibilities or the existence of hybridization of cultures and values, and what some feel is the exploitation of their heritage. One important aspect that is not explored is that such influences can also be more than just a burden and an overstepping of bounds. These factors can create an educational environment as well as a reaffirmation of one’s own culture.
Globalisation and global flows of culture have redefined the processes in which we share and connect with ourselves, others, and the world. From its onset, globalisation had both proponents’ and critics; some believed that it led to a rich, hybrid global culture. Others saw it as the West versus the rest, an imprint of Western values and ideologies upon the world’s rich and diverse cultures. In exploring global flows of culture, we can observe these major assumptions about globalisation as well as its changing nature. New, ‘reverse’ cultural flows have begun to emerge and question these traditional assumptions.
The term globalization is one that is an exceptionally wide-ranging term and it is used to explain a wide variety of definitions. Many people link the term globalization with the how the world is connected on an international and a local scale. One example of this is how Inda and Rosaldo illustrate globalization as being in “a world full of movement and mixture, contact and linkages, and persistent cultural interaction and exchange” (Inda and Rosaldo 4). On the other hand, they also imply that although movement and connections are prime components of globalization, disconnection and exclusion also form globalization (Inda and Rosaldo 30). Global flows of economic and social structures are not fluid and constant; they have the power to exclude and immobilize as well as enhance movement and include certain beings. In the 60s, the term `global village' was used by Ma...
Culture has a power to overcome boundaries and even conquer distances by migrating and interfering in foreign cultures, and doing so it can lead to homogenization- where this main characteristic unifies culture making it global and model for everyone. First, as a definition, globalization implies deep and fast interconnection with global countries all around the world, and technological changes made that interconnection possible and created more support for a homogenizing
Loss of group identity and individualism because globalization promotes a western ideal of individualism. This advocate a homogeneous set of values.