#occidentalization

Compared to writers in other countries, novelists in the United States write nearly effortlessly when it comes to social and political constraints. They take for granted the wealth and education of an established literary audience, feel little conflict over whom and what to portray, and - often a damning side-effect of this state of affairs - experience no anxiety about whom they write for, to what end, and why. ...This naivete stems from the recognition shared by writers and readers that they belong to the same class and community, and from the fact that Western writers write not to represent anyone but simply for their own satisfaction.