HIS 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Making Money, Essentialism
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Define and give the significance to the study of pop culture of. For example, globalization can be witnessed in the popularity of world music. This allows pop culture to rise because t provides a big, global audience which allows for expansion. We need to remember that not all of it is universal, not all music or any media for that matter is spread across the world equally due to various factors, one being unequal access to technology. There is a lack of equity in terms or access and desirability. There is western hegemony which is rooted in capitalism for example, companies making money of popularity have a say in the content we consumer and are exposed to, the question of not cross pollinating comes to surface. Connected to communities that form at the destination; chinatown, Diaspora refers to the voluntary or forced migration of peoples from their homelands to new regions.
