9.6 - Globalized Culture After 1900

Consumer culture

A way of life centered on buying mass-produced goods, entertainment, and services

Online commerce

The buying and selling of goods and services over the internet

Popular culture

The culture of everyday people rather than the educated elite

Americanization

The spread of U.S. consumer habits, media, and cultural influence around the world

Throwaway culture

A pattern of heavy consumption that treats products as disposable rather than reusable

Reggae

A Jamaican music style blending African and Caribbean influences that gained worldwide popularity

Bollywood

India’s Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai with a large international audience

K-pop

South Korean popular music that became internationally influential through digital media and streaming

Anime

A Japanese animation style that developed a large global fan base

Social media

Online platforms where users create, share, and interact with content in real time

Malala Yousafzai

A Pakistani activist and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate

Modernism

A cultural movement that rejected tradition and embraced experimentation, innovation, and new perspectives

Cubism

An artistic movement that represented subjects through fragmented geometric forms and multiple viewpoints

Dadaism

An antiwar artistic movement that used absurdity and rejection of traditional artistic standards

Abstract Expressionism

A postwar art movement emphasizing emotion, abstraction, and nonrepresentational forms

Olympic Games

An international athletic competition that became a major global media event and symbol of national pride

FIFA World Cup

A worldwide soccer tournament held every four years with massive international audiences

National Basketball Association (NBA)

A popular sporting event globally, as basketball became a global sport

Hari Krishna Movement

A modern devotional movement based on Hindu traditions that spread widely in the West

New Age Religions

Western spiritual movements that blend beliefs and practices from multiple religious traditions

Falun Gong

A Chinese spiritual movement combining Buddhist and Daoist ideas that spread internationally