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 in the mythology of the Hopi and the Maya; 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.
Fourth World, Richard Bangs of Yahoo refers to the fourth world..."he is a citizen of "the fourth world," that free-spirited territory where time has no weight, the true religion is exploration, and the inhabitants are rogues, nomads, and pioneers."
The Fourth World Laboratory for International Theater Research

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