Globalization hasn"t only changed the way we do business: it"s had an impact on what we consider to be beautiful, too. Just as many lament the McDonalds and Starbucks on every corner, where once there might have been a local restaurant, so too has what people wear become homogenized in our Global Village. Love Levi"s? Buy them practically anywhere. Want a pair of New Balance shoes in Eastern Europe? There"s a specialty shop for that.
全球化并非只改變了我們的商業(yè)行為:它還影響了我們的審美觀點。就像很多人慨嘆世界每個角落都充斥著麥當勞和星巴克,而那些地方本來可能曾經有一個本地小餐館。人們的穿衣方式也一樣,在我們的地球村里越來越趨同。你喜歡李維斯(Levi"s)?隨便去哪里買就行了。想在東歐買一雙新百倫(New Balance)的鞋?那里就有你想找的專賣店。
Before mass communication, and television in particular, there used to be quite a difference in what we thought was attractive, as this list of postcards from 1900-1910, collected by user PostMan on flickr, shows. Which photo is the most surprising?
在有多媒體之前,特別是電視出現之前,人們對“魅力”的看法千差萬變。以下是flickr用戶PostMan收集的一些1900-1910年的明信片,從這些明信片中,我們可以清楚地看出這一點。那么哪張明信片最讓你驚訝呢?
#1 Luzon Woman From The Philippines
#1 菲律賓呂宋女子
#2 Japan Female-warrior
#2 日本女戰(zhàn)士