At around 23/3/07 7:34 pm, Doug Henwood wrote:
> BEHIND THE NEWS with Doug Henwood
>
> March 1, 2007 Evelyn McDonnell, author of Mamarama, on music and
> motherhood * Omar Lizardo (paper here) on how globalization is not
> homogenizing culture
>
I have to say... I could take only about 15 minutes of listening to this
guy (Lizardo) before I had to delete the above segment lest I destroy my
computer in anger ;-). I was hoping to post a detailed critique of what
he had to say on my blog, but I haven't yet mustered up the stomach to
give it a second listen. Right at the beginning the guy limits the idea
to what [some] fellow first world'ers have written in the past and
triumphantly announces that the effects on Europe (of globalisation) are
quite the opposite of the dire predictions. As part of his argument he
critiques his predecessors/opponents for not really being there (in
Europe, etc) and witnessing/studying the actual effect of globalisation.
He then extends this argument to other countries. However, I am
extremely sceptical that he spent any time in these countries studying
the effect of the import/imposition of US pop culture.
--ravi
