The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television, American music, food, clothes and films, has been seen by many as the very heart of globalization.
Fredric JamesonAbout author
- Author's profession: Critic
- Nationality: american
- Born: April 14, 1934
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