Re: US EMpire Better than Alternative - Huh?

[ravi <ravi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 11, 2008, at 6:32 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Jan 11, 2008, at 6:20 PM, Peter Hollings wrote:
>
> > Globalization
> > and empire are forces that favor monoculture
>
> Do they really? What music does MTV China play? I see a lot of
> hybridization going on, which makes cultural purists of left and
> right nervous.

The hybrid could well be the monoculture. Malls in Bangalore might
serve chat, but malls they are nonetheless, sporting as well the
images of blonde white people living the good life.

I don't know about MTV India, but the westernised music channels of my
day played, among other great hits, U2/Bono. That make you nervous? ;-)

       --ravi