Westernisation: cultural diffusion, power and resistance

What this note covers

1. Defining Westernisation: more than globalisation
2. Cultural diffusion: mechanisms and agents
3. Cultural homogenisation: the flattening thesis
4. Power, imperialism and the Western gaze
5. Cultural resistance: active responses to Westernisation
6. Hybridity and syncretism: beyond the binary
7. Evaluating Westernisation: continuity, change and the HSC response

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