Fourth World

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Fourth World may mean:

  • Fourth World, a term most commonly used to collectively describe notably marginalised or oppressed groups, in particular indigenous peoples, living in Third or First World countries. It is also sometimes used to denote the world's poorest countries, also called least developed countries.
  • Fourth World, the current world in the mythology of the Hopi; the coming age is the Fifth World
  • Jack Kirby's Fourth World, a mythologically-oriented group of comic books created by Jack Kirby at DC Comics in the early 1970s
  • The Fourth World (album), the debut album of the band Kara's Flowers
  • 4th World, a term coined by Manuel Castells to refer to black holes of social exclusion.
  • Fourth World, the feudal fantasy land shared by the teenage protagonists of Peter Jackson's film Heavenly Creatures.
  • Fourth World, a term used by trumpeter Jon Hassell to describe a style of music employing modern technological treatments and influenced by various cultures and eras.

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