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How Does American Culture Influence the
World
After the World War 2, the structure of
the world changed dramatically. Original
powerful countries in Europe had to confess
they already give their dominated position to the
emerging country called United States of
America.
During the following decades,
America tries it best to become the individual
overload in
the world including carrying out
the Marshall Plan or establishing NATO which is
short for
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
However, the ambitious country cannot avoid the
truth
that every powerful empire in the
history would conquer others through culture at
last, while
America itself just existed about
200 years as an independent nation which means the
country
didn't have enough historical
accumulation to shake others.
Another postwar
keyword is globalization. The innovative
technology tied every
country together in the
trend of globalization. It is a process of global
integration arising from
the interchange of
world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of
culture.①Humans have
interacted over long
distances for thousands of years. The overland
Silk Road that connected
Asia, Africa, and
Europe is a good example of the transformation
power of trans local
exchange that existed in
the
communication among different cultures
were prepared well in the process. It is a great
opportunity for the government to transport
its innovative culture to other countries
especially ones falling behind the times
suffering from the pain of poverty and struggle to
solve
many social issues.
As a country
with 200 years' history, culture of the United
States is primarily Western,
but is influenced
by Native American, African, Asian, Polynesian,
and Latin American cultures
including
both conservative and liberal elements, scientific
and religious competitiveness,
political
structures, risk taking and free expression,
materialist and moral elements. Despite
certain consistent ideological principles
(e.g. individualism, egalitarianism, and faith in
freedom and democracy), American culture has a
variety of expressions due to its geographical
scale and demographic diversity.②
So why
does American culture become the mainstream in the
world now? Basically
there are two aspects to
be considered. One is an internal cause as said
that American culture a
hotpot mixing
different cultures. As a result, no matter the
immigrants or aborigines can find
their own
values in the culture. Besides, without the hard
time passing of feudal society, it is
not a
tough task for its people to accept modern
thought, which actually attracts more people
who yearned for freedom. As we know, culture
shock would never happen if there is one side
willing to break. The other side is the
scarred world after the war. Unlike American which
didn't suffer the war on the homeland, people
from other countries suffer the war-torn. They
struggled to build a new country post the war
but everything seemed in vain. By the end of
the war, the European economy had collapsed
with 70% of the industrial infrastructure
destroyed ③ world people were confused
helpless as they didn't know how where they
could go with huge disappointment on the
government. So the emerging America became
their emulation target.
No matter in the
nervous world pattern after war or nowadays
complex pattern, the
American culture
influencing the world is touchable and visible.
Mainly it happened on the
language, films,
food and sport.
First the language affection:A
constant stream of American TV, films, songs,
computer
games and websites have spread
American words and expressions far beyond its
borders.
Perhaps the most obvious example is
the expression “OK”, used by languages everywhere.
It
is the young who are particularly likely to
pick up American slang through songs, films and
TV.
And not everyone is happy about this.
American English and culture provide a common
channel of communication and point of
reference for people all over the world. An
estimated
2 billion speak some form of
English, and most of those have the American
variety as their
model.④
The movie and TV
series industry of Hollywood and New York promote
the culture
spread. For example, it will be
easy for us to understand 'opportunity equality'
after we see the
movie 'The Pursuit of
Happiness'. Not only we will be touched by the
hardworking of the
father but also impressed
by the equal job environment which the society
creates for the
citizens. Once we speak of
Hollywood, the other similar movie making industry
located in the
east of the world called
Bollywood may be rising in our mind. The truth is
the quantity of
movie producing of Bollywood
is higher than the western one, but obviously the
influence of
Indian movie just remains in the
stage of musical film. One of what India short is
just the
cultural ideology which inserted in
the entertainment product.
Besides,
American culture has transformed the way people
eat. With the introduction of
pre-packaged
boxed meals such as Hamburger Helper and Rice-A-
Reni, it is now more
convenient for families
to eat together. The prevalence of a fast-food
culture has contributed
to the rise of
childhood obesity.
Whether you admit or not,
American culture is changing every part of our
lives. To the
newly emerging country like
China, it is a daunting challenge. One can deny
the long history
and the splendid
culture which China has. Nevertheless, some
civilizations which had a longer
history than
China just declined under the culture invading. We
can see there are no aborigines
in Egypt,
instead its people just conformed the Arabic
traditions, not to mention Maya. What
matters
is not neglect the influence which America culture
has on china, nor defend our own
culture by
refusing any foreign things, but the reality we
need to understand is that the world
is
becoming an entirety which means we must directly
face the cultural conflict.
① [Definitions of
Globalization: A Comprehensive Overview and a
Proposed
Definition]Al-Rodhan, R.F. Nayef and
Gérard Stoudmann. (2006).
②
[Interplay:Communication, Memory, and Media in the
United States].McDonald, James
(2010)
Goettingen: Cuvillier, p. 120
③ [Who benefits
from global violence and war: uncovering a
destructive system] Marc
Pilisuk, Jennifer
AchordRountree (2008). Greenwood Publishing Group.
p.136
④ [The African American Odyssey.]Hine,
Darlene; William C. Hine, Stanley Harrold (2006).
Boston, MA: Pearson.
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