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Cultural geography is a sub-field within human geography. Cultural geography is the study of cultural products and norms and their variations across and relations to spaces and places. It focuses on describing and analyzing the ways language, religion, economy, government and other cultural phenomena vary or remain constant, from one place to another and on explaining how humans function spatially. ==Areas of study== The areas of study of cultural geography are very broad. Among many applicable topics within the field of study are: * Globalization has been theorised as an explanation for cultural convergence. * Westernization or other similar processes such as modernization, americanization, islamization and others. * Theories of cultural hegemony or cultural assimilation via cultural imperialism. * Cultural areal differentiation, as a study of differences in way of life encompassing ideas, attitudes, languages, practices, institutions and structures of power and whole range of cultural practices in geographical areas.〔Jones, Richard C.; 2006; Cultural Diversity in a “Bi-Cultural” City: Factors in the Location of Ancestry Groups in San Antonio; Journal of Cultural Geography〕 * Study of cultural landscapes〔Sinha, Amita; 2006; Cultural Landscape of Pavagadh: The Abode of Mother Goddess Kalika; Journal of Cultural Geography〕〔Kuhlken, Robert; 2002; Intensive Agricultural Landscapes of Oceania; Journal of Cultural Geography〕 and cultural ecology. * Other topics include spirit of place, colonialism, post-colonialism, internationalism, immigration, emigration and ecotourism. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cultural geography」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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