Re: cultural imperialism

David Berreby (dberreby@cerfnet.com)
9 Dec 1994 04:24:20 GMT

In article <30NOV199415100402@jane.uh.edu> JAMES BENTHALL,
st26h@jane.uh.edu writes:
>>I am about to start a project on cultural imperialism, and
>>would be grateful if anyone could give me hints on what end to
>>start, books to look for, etc.. My focus will be on whether/how/to what
>>extent cultural imperialism has replaced other forms of imperialism
>>(political, economic). Also I am in need of some good empirical
examples to
>>illustrate what part the media can play in this process.

Try `Culture and Truth' by Renato Rosaldo; `Europe and the People Without
History' by Eric Wolf; `The Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South
America'' by Michael Taussig.

Good luck