Globalization and American Popular Culture

by Crothers, Lane

• ISBN13: 9781442214965
• ISBN10: 1442214961
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-07-30
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

Few other titles have an international focus. This book is accessible for college courses, and is one of the most recent, single-authored texts available.

Author Biography

Lane Crothers is professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Illinois State University.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
American Popular Culture and Globalization	p. 1
Popular Culture and Global Politics	p. 2
Understanding Culture, Popular Culture, and American Culture	p. 10
Anthropological Culture	p. 11
Popular Culture	p. 12
"American" Popular Culture	p. 14
Grasping Globalization	p. 17
Economic Globalization and American Popular Culture	p. 19
Political Globalization and American Popular Culture	p. 23
Cultural Globalization and American Popular Culture	p. 26
Cultural Corruption	p. 26
Cultural Imperialism	p. 28
Cultural Homogenization	p. 29
Cultural Hybridity	p. 30
Conclusion	p. 31
Notes	p. 32
"American" Popular Culture in Movies, Music, and Television	p. 37
American Civic Culture and American Popular Culture	p. 39
"American" Stories	p. 44
American Culture in Movies, Music, and Television	p. 59
American Movies	p. 59
Titanic: Class and the American Dream	p. 60
Avatar: The Triumph of the Individual	p. 63
Blade Runner: The Emptiness of Consumer Capitalism	p. 65
American Television	p. 68
The Universe of Star Trek and the Universe according to Star Trek	p. 68
The West Wing and the Democratic Experiment	p. 70
24 and American Illiberalism	p. 72
American Music	p. 74
The Culture of Country	p. 75
It's Rock and Roll	p. 76
Don't Stop Hip-Hop	p. 79
Conclusion	p. 81
Notes	p. 82
The Global Scope of American Movies, Music, and Television	p. 85
The Movie, Music, and Television Machine in the Global Era	p. 87
The Development of the Modern American Movie, Music, and Television Industries	p. 91
The American Exception	p. 92
A Brief History of the Movie Industry	p. 96
A Brief History of the Music Industry	p. 106
A Brief History of the Television Industry	p. 114
The Digital Dilemma	p. 122
Conclusion	p. 128
Notes	p. 128
The American Global Cultural Brand	p. 133
Franchising America	p. 134
A Brief History of the Franchise	p. 137
American Brands, Global Presence	p. 141
A Brief Global Cultural History of Coca-Cola	p. 141
A Brief Global Cultural History of McDonald's	p. 148
A Brief Global Cultural History of Blue Jeans	p. 155
The Emerging Global Cultural History of the NFL	p. 161
Social Networking America	p. 167
Everything, Everywhere, All the Time	p. 172
Conclusion	p. 175
Notes	p. 176
Global Trade and the Fear of American Popular Culture	p. 179
Trading American Popular Culture	p. 180
The American Argument	p. 181
The Counter-American Argument	p. 183
Popular Culture in International Agreements	p. 186
GATT/WTO 1947-2012	p. 187
Popular Culture and the United Nations	p. 190
NAFTA	p. 194
American Popular Culture and Fragmegration in Four Countries	p. 198
France	p. 199
Iran	p. 201
Venezuela	p. 205
Hong Kong	p. 209
Social Networks, Political Revolutions? The Case of the Arab Spring	p. 213
Conclusion	p. 215
Notes	p. 216
American Popular Culture and the Future of Globalization	p. 219
Cultural Change, Hybridity, and American Popular Culture	p. 221
Types of Cultural Change	p. 222
Cultural Change as Cultural Hybridity	p. 229
Global Cultural Hybridity and American Popular Culture	p. 232
The Future of American Popular Culture and Globalization	p. 235
Conclusion	p. 244
Notes	p. 244
Recommended Readings	p. 247
Index	p. 259
About the Author	p. 275
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