...Sydney Hirschman English 101 Due July 18th 2012 Words:1254 Robert Fuentes Americanization For many years, the United Sates has been attracting immigrants from a variety of different races, countries and religions to come and live in a land full of freedom and opportunity. These immigrants are slowly but surely turning America into a culture melting pot, giving it the most diversity people have seen in a lifetime. Although it is a common misconception, these people are not just looking to live in America for working privileges. Their real desire is to become something that depicts pride and honor, an American. Being an American in a country as diverse as ours means more than just living on American soil, it has endless benefits that allows one to feel free. Unfortunately, the rapid flow of immigrants into America has led to many issues. One of the main ones is the concept of assimilation, which has been disputed for years due to the capacity of the incoming immigrants. Jay Nordlinger, in his essay “Bassackwards: Construction Spanish and Other Signs of the Times” notes that not “everyone who comes to America is dying to melt into the pot”. Yet he stresses, as does Linda Chavez in her essay “Supporting Family Values”, the need for immigrants to assimilate to American culture. These two concepts have been floating around America since the first illegal immigrants started to show up and they’ve been controversial ever since. Everyone is looking for a happy medium for the...
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...Indian School Days Book Review Justin Delorme Introduction The book, “Indian School Days” is an autobiography of the author Basil Johnston, an Ojibwe native from Wasauksing First Nation, in Ontario. This piece by Author, “Basil Johnston”, gives the reader more and more evidence of the structural lifestyle of the Spanish Indian residential school. From the very beginning his writing style links the reader to never put down the book, it is full of action and true events that took place during his lifetime. The book starts off with Mr. Johnston as a young child of ten years, skipping school with another student, an act that they didn’t think would get them both shipped off to a residential school. But as fortunes and his unfortunate luck would have it, the feared Indian agent showed up to Basils door and took himself, along with his 4 year old sister to St. Peter Clavers School, a boarding school run by Jesuit priests at Spanish, which was close to Sudbury, Ontario. With the fear of police and punishment his mother and grandmother got both children ready and there was nothing nobody could say or do to change the mind of the Indian agent. In the pages that were to follow, Basil creates many portraits of the young Indian boys who struggle to adapt to the harsh and inhumane environment of this institution. By looking at some key examples from the book that Basil Johnston wrote, it will show the reader why this would be a good book to read as his writing style is from his own...
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...The Residential school system in Canada was a system devoted to providing a disciplined based ideal that promoted the rejection of the aboriginal culture in favor of the then dominant white European population. The teaching strategies that were encouraged ranged from pulling children as young as six away from their parents to mental, physical and sexual abuse. The Residential schools were run by a variety of participating church organizations, which received funding from the Canadian government. The funding was based on a per aboriginal basis therefore it was in the best interests of the churches to enroll as many aboriginal students as possible. The schools were run in almost every province in Canada from 1860-1884 and claimed to be promoting religious and cultural assimilation. However, the cruelty that was experienced by many young aboriginals in the residential schools emphasizes the differences between the aboriginal societies and the European dominant society making complete assimilation impossible. The imposition of residential schools on First Nations children has led to significant loss of indigenous languages, and this language loss has led to further cultural losses for traditional First Nations cultures in Canada. The earliest known date opening of a Residential school was in 1840, located in Manitowaning, Ontario. The school was the Wikemikong Indian Residential School, it closed in 1879. The last Residential school to close was La Tuque Indian...
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...Is Globalization Americanization? How and when do cultural items become "glocal"—a hybrid of global and local? Rabecca Summerlin Beth Brand EG462: Contemporary World Culture_V3.0 07/07/2013 The word “glocal” comes into play when a cultural item/s i.e McDonalds adapts to the community in the area hence, “global and local”. We, as people connect to others in our local area but them or even us move away and we continue to maintain our interpersonal relationships. This is what we would call “glocalization”. There are stores that you might find in one area of the U.S. but will not find them in any area or you might find a restaurant under one name in one area but under another name everywhere else. For example, St. Louis Bread Company was created in St. Louis, Missouri and has many locations under this name in this particular area. But in every other area in the U.S. and Canada this restaurant goes under the name Panera Bread Company and offers the same food at all areas. (Panera Bread Company Overview, 2013) Another example of glocalization, is where an Asian subsidiary of News Corp started broadcasting satellite television into India but for this T.V. station to really take off was to hire a person who was experience in Indian programming to create soap operas that would appeal to that cultural environment not the American soap operas dubbed in Hindi and they also took over the production of news and current affairs. (Johnson, 2007) Finally an example of “glocalization”...
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...Many have argued that the U.S. popular culture is at the forefront of globalization, so much so that globalization can largely be viewed as the spread of American culture. Globalization by definition is generally used to describe the way the transportation, communication, technology, and cultural change have facilitated the movement of materials, goods, and ideas across continents and national borders (Johnson, p. 501). McDonald’s, for instance, is the largest fast food chain in the world that offers a wide range of products to its customers. Among them are hamburgers, milkshakes, coffee, and many more. However, in some countries, McDonald’s serve culturally different menus (Johnson, p. 269). For example, McDonald’s is offering rice in Hong Kong, and beer in Germany. After all, the majority of their outlets outside the United States are franchises. This illustrates the effect of McDonald’s on the global environment. Consider the following question: Does an item's history and origin make it inevitably American? According to Johnson (2014), some people examining the international music scene claim that cultural globalization has brought new possibilities of pleasing everyone. She continues to state that music critics say the American music industry is fueling healthy competition, encouraging musicians and performers to create more innovative mixed expressions of their own national cultures. Culture encompasses various aspects of communication, beliefs...
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...Andre Henry Prof. Guillaume Teasdale 02-43-244-01 Tues Mar 31, 2015 Americanization in Canada Americanization is the influence of the United States on the culture of another country. The influence extends on another countries cuisine, popular culture, technology, political techniques and business practices. Americanization refers to a process of acculturation by populations to American values and cultures. Canada and the United States are allies and trading partners (Gravelle 135). The two countries share a rich history of cooperation with each other. Cooperation between the two nation has been promoted by the fact that the two countries are neighbors. Canada began developing relationships with the United States after the Canadian confederation. The nation began their reliance on the United States for their national defense. Many Canadians believe that the country’s economic, political and military dependence on the United States would not make a difference in their day to day life activities. The Americans have influence more than the Canadian culture. Aspects in relation to media, economic dependence, American propaganda, artists and political pressure from the United States have made Canada too Americanized. The factors that make Canada too Americanized reflect mainly on the social life witnessed among many Canadians. They are viewed as risk hazards because they threaten the traditions and heritage that define the nation as an independent country. The US and...
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...Americanization of Immigrants and Native Americans In the late 1800’s immigration has increased immensely. Not only was the population growing but substantial problems went along with the immigration. In restatement, the immigrants came to America to find better opportunity upon a future they want to achieve. The types of immigrants were the Irish, Germans, Chinese, etc. These people wanted to seek for an opportunity to escape their religion, harsh government in their native country, and own land. As the population grew, the society had to change and step up to it’s capability of becoming a stable nation. Some of the significant things that occurred in the life of an immigrant in the society were economical and political problems. Some of the economical changes the immigrants have made, for example were the jobs they had to make money. Many of the 25 million immigrants that entered America between 1866 and 1915 became factory workers. However, for immigrants in the cities, factory work was one of the few options available. Agriculture jobs and factory jobs were the main areas of employment for a lot of former slaves and immigrants. In factories, they had poor lighting, unsanitary conditions, and the jobs were highly dangerous. Women, men and children were able to work in these conditions for up to 12 hours per day. As soon as one became ill or died another person would step over into their past job without a second thought. Another problem that occurred was the population...
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...Iѕ Glоbalizatiоn Аmеriсanizatiоn? Contempory World Culture Iѕ Glоbalizatiоn Аmеriсanizatiоn? In thе еarly ninеtееnth Cеntury (1900’ѕ), “Аmеriсanizatiоn” rеfеrrеd tо thе mоvеmеnt whеrе rеfugееѕ wеrе dеvеlоpеd intо UЅ сitizеnѕ. Nоw, in соntеmpоrary’ѕ wоrld, thе tеrm haѕ a diѕtinсtivе, but ѕamе mеaning thе glоbalizatiоn by thе U.Ѕ. оf thе wоrld (Mеndiѕ, 2007). Тhе UЅ есоnоmy iѕ an еvеr-prеѕеnt fоrсе in thе wоrld nоwadayѕ. Pеpѕi adѕ nоw сluttеr thе ѕtrееtѕ оf еvеry largе сity in China, Big Maсѕ arе bеing оrdеrеd all оvеr thе whоlе wоrld, and thе tеrm “Аlwayѕ Cосa-Cоla” iѕ bеing muttеrеd by all оf Eurоpе, althоugh thеy havе nо nоtiоn what thе phraѕе mеanѕ. It iѕ my faith that Аmеriсanizatiоn prоvidеѕ оthеr соuntriеѕ a falѕе ѕеnѕе оf thе UЅ lifеѕtylе and, ultimatеly, сauѕеѕ hatrеd fоr thе Аmеriсan and thrеatѕ оn оur pоwеr and libеrty. (Kоvеn, 2010) Ovеr thе laѕt fеw dесadеѕ, UЅ сapitaliѕm haѕ quiсkly takеn оvеr thе whоlе wоrld. Nоt еvеn thе mоѕt ѕосialiѕt соuntriеѕ оf China and Ruѕѕia arе immunе tо thiѕ faѕt attaсk оf UЅ сulturе (Kоvеn, 2010). China’ѕ yоuth nоwadayѕ сan nоt оnly watсh Тhе X-Filеѕ, Baywatсh, and thе latеѕt mоviеѕ frоm Тоm Cruiѕе fоr amuѕеmеnt, but alѕо gо tо thе Аmеriсan Drеam Park, an еntеrtainmеnt park in Ѕhanghai whiсh dupliсatеѕ uѕual UЅ attraсtiоnѕ. Whеn thеy gеt ѕtarving, thе Chinеѕе сan еat at any оf 130 MсDоnald’ѕ rеѕtaurantѕ оr gеt takеоut frоm Bоѕtоn Chiсkеn and Dоminо’ѕ Pizza. Ruѕѕia, tоо, haѕ bееn having itѕ ѕharе оf UЅ сulturе. In ninеtееn-ninеty-ѕix...
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...Joe Cohan History 251 Writing Assignment #1 As human beings age, the opportunity to move up through the social hierarchy seems to disappear. In Gordon S. Wood’s biography, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin, he tells a unique story that allows us to take a deeper look into almost every social class of the 18th century. As Franklin makes his way through the social hierarchy, Gordon Wood paints a picture of what society was like and how it works around Franklin. Franklin portrays this hierarchy through his own work and his interactions with other members of society. Also as Franklin moves up the social ladder, Wood gives different perspectives from Franklin on his social standing and how he is a “self-made man”. From being a child of a lower-class family to becoming a huge influence on the Revolutionary War, Benjamin Franklin is one of the most interesting Founding Fathers. Starting with Franklin’s father, who has one of the lowliest jobs as a candle and soap maker, the social hierarchy begins at the bottom and with all of the artisan jobs that fall into that category. Franklin being the 15th of 17 children in the family shows that low class families were very large in size, making it very difficult for the youngest children of the family to gain any property or status. Primogeniture being the custom of the American colonies in the early 18th century makes it difficult for Ben Franklin to advance, putting him at a disadvantage. This disadvantage only helps to...
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...When island inhabitants first heard that Americans were planning on invading Puerto Rico and driving out Spain's rulers, Puerto Ricans welcomed the North Americans to their home. (To view an in-progress work dealing with the Spanish-American War from a pro-colonial expansion point of view, visit this site/ For an objective historical account view this site). The Puerto Ricans were tired of not having a voice in politics and government and with the knowledge that America was a democracy, there was hope that this status quo would change. Although Puerto Ricans felt sentiments of fear at the arrival of the Americans, this did not curb their welcoming and enabling the American invasion. Unfortunately, the outcome of the invasion was not as positive as was thought it would be. During early U.S. rule, Puerto Ricans still were not included in the majority of governmental relations, and as with Spaniards, Americans who were sent to rule in Puerto Rico had never been there before and were ignorant about the history, culture, Spanish language, etc. Basically, Puerto Rico continued being ruled by foreigners who sought to complete their own interests, as opposed to looking to what are the interests of the nation they are invading and ruling. A cogent metaphor in Ferré's novel for the unrequited hopes that Puerto Rico had when United States invaded is Tony Torres, who is supposedly going to dance in Kerenski's adaptation of Swan Lake and Firebird . The people who lived in Machuelo Abajo...
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...Americanization Impact Less in the World With the development of economic and worldwide communication, globalization becomes a familiar word for people today. Some people address that globalization is Americanization because of forced influence from the United States. Whereas, a history professor, Richard Pells argues that “What we have in the 21st century is not a hegemonic American culture but multiple forms of art and entertainment-voices, images and ideas that can spring up anywhere and be disseminated all over the planet”(248). Pells believes cultures influence mutually instead of being impacted and dominated by Americanization. Also, culture can spread to the world through art, entertainment, and any other forms rather than only accept Americanization. Even though Americanization has significant effect in the world undeniably, the effect reduces recently. Pells also claims that “There is a sense overseas today that America’s culture exports are not as important, or as alluring, as they once today such as the cultural action is elsewhere- not so much in Manhattan or San Francisco but in Berlin and Mumbai.”(248). Americanization has less impact for other countries. Chinese audiences no longer go to theater to watch Hollywood movies as frequently as before. Also, individuals do not love American food blindly since local restaurants are rising up to compete with American food. In addition, Americanization is not only losing impact overseas, it is also invaded by foreign culture...
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...Tejanos were the Spanish inhabitants that lived in Texas and Anglo-Americans was a name given to the Americans who settled down to Mexican owned Texas Stephan F. Austin a Tejano help grant many of the Anglo-Americans entry into Texas; however; many have entered Texas illegally and faced many opposition such as the Native Americans and the Spanish living in Texas and therefore lead to the Americanization of Texas. The Anglo-Americans adapted to the indigenous Native American population and the Tejanos living in Texas by being opportunistic and resourceful. The Anglo-Americans were very opportunistic to adapt, as they were able to gain from their selfish ways. Sam Houston was sent to Texas by Andrew Jackson to help redeem his life after the...
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...Cultural Theory and Popular Culture Globalization, Mass Media and Culture Table of Contents Globalization, Mass Media and Culture 1 Table of Contents 2 Introduction 3 Modern culture, ideology 4 Globalization 5 Americanization 6 Mass Media and their Impact 7 Globalization, mass media and culture 8 Mass media and globalization 9 Globalization and culture 10 Conclusion 12 My opinion 13 Recommendations 14 List of references 15 Introduction A term globalization was used in 1983 for the first time in a history. Globalization as we know it today started at the beginning of the 20th century. It has an impact on everything and it has changed everything from its core. Economic environment, political environment and regarding to this subject – cultural environment. As everything, it brought both advantages and disadvantages. Looking back in time when this globalization started intensifies rapidly. It evokes a basic question: why did the globalization intensify rapidly? We can consider many reasons, for example lower travel cost, free movement of people, development of technologies, faster data exchange etc. These answers lead me to another possible answer - mass media. Globalization, Americanization or westernization are closely related to the popular culture. As stated in the book ‘There are two things we can say with some confidence about the United States and popular culture. First, as Andrew Ross (1989) has pointed out, ‘popular culture...
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...in the South felt hopeless after losing their four million slaves, whereas those in the North were not completely against slavery in reference to political reasons such as population. The way in which southerners took to uniting the nation was the spreading of racial superiority. These southerners succeeded in part because of the antebellum era norm and the improvement of technology and media. The usage of the new media to bring pride to the Anglo-Saxon’s of America was the success of the South, but could also be looked at as part of the downfall of the perception Europe had of America. Buffalo Bill in Bologna addresses the uprising and spreading of the American mass culture and the Americanization of America and Europe. It addresses the pros and cons Europeans saw in the inevitable Americanization of their countries. Regardless of which side Europeans leaned to, America was growing incredibly fast in economics and culture, and there was nothing that could be done to stop it. The improvements to technology and new mediums were by far one of the greatest factors to mass culture in America eventually spreading to Europe. Telegraph wires; improvements in machinery that changed the then-normal six day work weeks into five day work weeks and gave more time for leisure activities; the standardized time zones across the United States to avoid confusion for the railroads; the steam-powered press or “penny press” that allowed quicker printing for books and newspapers; the advancement...
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...I was sitting at the boarding gate waiting to board a flight with a burger and fries I just purchased from Macdonald’s. It was in New Delhi, India. After I took that flight and flew into the United States, the first thing I saw after immigration was a Macdonald’s. But it was not just the twist in hamburger I saw that day. I never thought that fusion of two different cultures felt so appetizing. Americanization just didn’t bring a new form of food to the historic land of India, it was much more. India is a land of vivid taste buds, an emerging economy and home to a very wrong conception about American culture and Americanization imported with it joy, the wrong conception about American life, and hard work, which in fact are shaping the Indian culture today. As an Indian I have seen how local Indian flavors restricted American giants like KFC, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo to be successful in the Indian market. Who in the whole world ever thought that KFC would include more vegetarian options than chicken on its menu? In his article “In 2000 Years, Will the World Remember Disney or Plato?” Mark Rice-Oxley frames a picture in our mind through his writing, describing a usual American day but in London. Thus leading us to his main argument, in 2000 Years, Will the World Remember Disney or Plato? He claims basketball is climbing the ladder, becoming more important in our lives each day and it’s not just basketball, but we are under the skies governed by American soft power. We can find, through...
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