This document discusses cultural change in the era of globalization. It provides examples of how folk culture, popular culture, and landscapes are converging due to globalization. While globalization is spreading American culture and commodifying traditions, it is also maintaining ties to home cultures through groups like Muslim communities in Europe and Elvis fan clubs. However, globalization raises concerns over cultural homogenization and the loss of local identity and distinctiveness.

1. Cultural Change in an Era of Globalization

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9. You can use your American Express card for an acupuncture session in China.

10. An automatic teller machine (ATM) disbursing cash in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Are there glazed pigs hanging next to your local ATM?

13. This has created a shift in our cultural identification. We are now part of many different groups that may be separated by some distance. Always Elvis Fan Club

17. Commodification; something that previously had not been regarded as something to be bought or sold and turning it into something to be traded in a market economy.

25. Judging by the various products being advertised, this scene could have come from a typical American city. This is actually the main shopping district of downtown Guatemala City, Guatemala