 In
this issue
No.
98 April 1981
LettersUpdate
LIVING
IMAGES
Many people in the Third World still create their own art and
entertainment. But issue editor Debbie Taylor asks how long they can resist
our consumer culture.
The
History of Culture
A special four-page feature tracing the history of culture from the pyramids
of ancient Egypt to the Coco-Cola colonialism of today.
Censored
In Latin America military dictators have tried to silence an entire continent.
Malcolm Coad reports.
Not
Just a Pretty Picture
In Mao Zedong's China peasants became painters. But now, explains John
Gittings, the revolution is over.
City
Sideshows
Naseem Khan describes how immigrant groups use music,
theatre and dance to cope with culture shock.
Selling Salvation
According to Cammy Wilson, the big-business medium of
'multinational missionaries' has overpowered their sacred message.
The
Virgin and the Video
Ruth Seitz provides a cultural country profile of the
Philippines.
Worlds
in Collision
Can developing countries afford to respect the rights of tribal minorities?
Wayne Ellwood investigates.
Cheap
Entertainment
To Baljit Malik's dismay, porno theatre and eastern 'westerns'
are taking over India's popular culture.
King
Kong, Kwela and the Shebeen Queens
Black South Africa's township jazz exploded on an astounded
world in the 50s and, as Ruth Weiss recalls, spawned
a new era of black music and black pride.
Ideas
for action
Reviews:
New books and a classicCountry
profile: IndiaCover
photograph: John Wright/Alan
Hutchinson Library.
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