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Globalization and the introduction of the Western culture in different countries have shown to produce bicultural identities, identity confusion, and self-selected cultures. [ 34 ] Bicultural identity is defined as one adapting to the global culture while simultaneously being familiar with local traditions.
Many writers suggest that cultural globalization is a long-term historical process of bringing different cultures into interrelation. Jan Pieterse suggested that cultural globalization involves human integration and hybridization, arguing that it is possible to detect cultural mixing across continents and regions going back many centuries. [12]
Cultural homogenization is an aspect of cultural globalization, [1] [2] listed as one of its main characteristics, [3] and refers to the reduction in cultural diversity [4] through the popularization and diffusion of a wide array of cultural symbols—not only physical objects but customs, ideas and values. [3]
Deterritorialization speaks of the loss of the "natural" relation between culture and the social and geographic territories, and describes a deep transformation of the link between our everyday cultural experiences and our configuration as preferably local beings.
Cultural identity can be expressed through certain styles of clothing or other aesthetic markers. Cultural identity is a part of a person's identity, or their self-conception and self-perception, and is related to nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, generation, locality, gender, or any kind of social group that has its own distinct culture.
Globalization promotes common values and experiences and encourages identification with the global community. [48] People may adapt cosmopolitanism and view themselves as global beings, or world citizens. [49] This trend may threaten national identity because globalization undermines the importance of being a citizen of a particular country. [50]
Global cultural flow involves the flow of people, artifacts, and ideas across national boundaries as result of globalization. [1] [2]: 296 Global cultural flows can be observed in five interdependent 'Landscapes', or dimensions, that distinguish the fundamental disjunctures between economy, culture, and politics in the global cultural economy.
Huntington argues that it is during the 1960s that American identity begins to erode. This was the result of several factors: The beginning of economic globalization and the rise of global subnational identities; The easing of the Cold War and its end in 1989 reduced the importance of national identity