GEOG 122 Study Guide - London, Paris, New York, Global City, Financial Centre
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Week 7: allen scott (2005) cinema, culture, globalization pp. Topic: this article discusses the flow of culture, specifically through hollywood. Main idea/abstraction: the flow of culture in a globalizing world. This raises the issue of ethics and free market: national interest over free choice - free choice is not really free choice! In this passage, allen scott examines the global production of motion pictures. Specifically he looks at how hollywood dominates the global market in monetarily. It is this domination by hollywood that has influences the cultural imperialism theory, which states, the laws of globalization are called homogenization, standardization of tastes, behaviors and cultures . This influence has resulted in countries striving to protect their own traditions and authentic identity. However, there has also been a hybridity and cross-fertilization of ideas between metropolitan regions such as, tokyo, london, berlin, etc. which has sustained a dynamism of cultural production.
