Fourth World

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Fourth World may refer to:

• Fourth World refers to "Least Developed Countries" or to other notably marginalized or oppressed groups, (ie. indigenous peoples) living in Third World or First World countries.
• Fourth World, the current world according to the Hopi belief system and Maya mythology; 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.

• Either of two Jon Hassell albums, Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics and Fourth World, Vol. 2: Dream Theory in Malaya, named for this concept

[edit] See also

• World
• First World
• Second World
• Third World
• Fifth World
• Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation
• Least developed countries
• Developing countries