Western Musical Theaters in China as Tool of Cultural Imperialism (Essay Sample)

Western Musical Theaters in China as Tool of Cultural Imperialism
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Western Musical Theaters in China as Tool of Cultural Imperialism
Question: Is the development of western musical theaters in China a tool of cultural imperialism?
Answer: In sociology, the term cultural imperialism refers to the imposition of the culture of an overriding community over a nondominant community. These dominant communities are politically or economically strong and thus put their cultural influence on other various aspects of nondominant communities. Mostly media is used as a tool of cultural imperialism by western countries to influence others across the globe. Similarly, the development of western musical theaters in China is a tool of cultural imperialism. Western music has gained fine triumph with the Chinese audience in recent years. During the fall of 2013, The Phantom of the Opera from London gained a lot of popularity on their visit to China, and in Shanghai, masses of Chinese audience was attracted ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"DMwTmDeV","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Yiman, n.d.)","plainCitation":"(Yiman, n.d.)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":2384,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/7646098/items/JVSR2QG7"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/7646098/items/JVSR2QG7"],"itemData":{"id":2384,"type":"article-journal","source":"Google Scholar","title":"The Phantom of the Opera in China: History and Rebirth in three Movies Made in Hollywood, Shanghai and Hong Kong","title-short":"The Phantom of the Opera in China","author":[{"family":"Yiman","given":"Wang"}]}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Yiman, n.d.).
In the global city of Shanghai, western music is a familiar thing to the wealthy and young audience. Almost eight years ago, The Phantom of the Opera came to China and responded well. The main reason behind their visit was to put the influence of their western culture on the Chinese people, but due to the major language barrier, the popularity of this western music suffered a lot ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"f5epyVDH","properties":{"formattedCitation":"(Su, 2011)","plainCitation":"(Su, 2011)","noteIndex":0},"citationItems":[{"id":2386,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/7646098/items/K8JF9DC9"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/7646098/items/K8JF9DC9"],"itemData":{"id":2386,"type":"article-journal","container-title":"Asian Journal of Communication","issue":"2","note":"publisher: Taylor & Francis","page":"186–201","source":"Google Scholar","title":"Resisting cultural imperialism, or welcoming cultural globalization? China's extensive debate on Hollywood cinema from 1994 to 2007","title-short":"Resisting cultural imperialism, or welcoming cultural globalization?","volume":"21","author":[{"family":"Su","given":"Wendy"}],"issued":{"date-parts":[["2011"]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema