I suspect there are already numerous Ph.D. dissertations that have been published investigating various idealizations of foreign cultures—so sure, yes, all of those and more. I think it would take a lot of careful thinking to deconstruct a specific example and identify the contribution of culture-crossing selection effects.
I suspect there are already numerous Ph.D. dissertations that have been published investigating various idealizations of foreign cultures—so sure, yes, all of those and more. I think it would take a lot of careful thinking to deconstruct a specific example and identify the contribution of culture-crossing selection effects.