In some societies we find that powerful social structures, such as the economy, government, and the media, work together to create an entrenched system of inequality and oppression. According to your text, anthropologists refer to this sort of phenomenon as:

a) infrastructural rigidity.
b) cultural determinism.
c) cultural imperialism.
d) over-developed structuralism.


Answer: c) cultural imperialism.

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