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"What does the world admire most about America? Science, technology, higher education, consumer goods--but not, it seems, freedom and democracy. Indeed, these ideals are in global retreat, for reasons ranging from ill-conceived foreign policy to the financial crisis and the sophisticated propaganda of modern authoritarians. Another reason, explored for the first time in this pathbreaking book, is the distorted picture of freedom and democracy found in America's cultural exports. In interviews with thoughtful observers in eleven countries, Martha Bayles heard many objections to the violence and vulgarity pervading today's popular culture. But she also heard a deeper complaint: namely, that America no longer shares the best of itself. Tracing this change to the end of the Cold War, Bayles shows how public diplomacy was scaled back, and in-your-face entertainment became America's de facto ambassador. This book focuses on the present and recent past, but its perspective is deeply rooted in American history, culture, religion, and political thought. At its heart is an affirmation of a certain ethos--of hope for human freedom tempered with prudence about human nature--that is truly the aspect of America most admired by others. And its author's purpose is less to find fault than to help chart a positive path for the future"

Culture and mass media --- Culture et médias --- Cultuur en massamedia --- Diplomacy --- Diplomatie --- Mass media and culture --- Mass média et culture --- Massamedia en cultuur --- Médias et culture --- Culture populaire --- Popular culture --- Diplomacy. --- International relations --- Mass media and culture. --- Influence américaine --- American influences. --- Foreign public opinion. --- History --- États-Unis --- United States --- Relations internationales --- Foreign relations --- Social life and customs --- American influences --- 21st century --- Foreign public opinion --- 1971 --- Diplomatie. --- Médias et culture. --- Influence américaine. --- Médias et culture. --- Influence américaine. --- États-Unis

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Thematology --- History of civilization --- anno 500-1499

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This innovative volume of pre-modern cultural history offers the opportunity to compare the ways in which gender and status competition intersect across periods and places. This innovative volume of cultural history offers a unique exploration of how gender and status competition have intersected across different periods and places. The contributions collected here focus on the role of women and the practice of masculinity in settings as varied as ancient Rome, China, Iran, and Arabia, medieval and early modern England, and early modern Italy, France, and Scandinavia, as well as exploring issues that affected people of all social rank, from raillery and pranks to shaming, male boasting about sexual conquests, court rituals, violence, and the use and display of wealth. Particular attention is paid to the performance of such issues, with chapters examining status and gender through cultural practices, especially specific (re)presentations of women. These include Roman priestesses, early Christian virgin martyrs, flirtation in seventh-century Arabia, and the attempt by an early modern French woman to take her place among the immortals. Together this wide-ranging and fascinating array of studies from renowned scholars offers new insights into how and why different cultures responded to the drive for status, and the complications of gender within that drive.

#SBIB:316.346H20 --- #SBIB:39A11 --- 316.34 --- 316.34 Sociale differentiatie. Sociale typologie. Sociale stratificatie --- Sociale differentiatie. Sociale typologie. Sociale stratificatie --- Positie van de vrouw in de samenleving: algemeen --- Antropologie : socio-politieke structuren en relaties --- Sex role --- Men --- Women --- Social status --- History. --- Social conditions --- Social stratification --- History of civilization