Women in American Sitcoms of the 1950s and 60s Sitcoms – situation comedies – are probably the most “American” of all TV formats. They convey a high degree of viewer identification‚ as they show scenes of everyday American life. If the viewer identifies with the series‚ is the series representative to the viewing society? I will try to elaborate on that question by comparing to sitcoms of the 1950s and 60s and the image of women that they carry. Life with Elizabeth was one of the earliest sitcoms
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Running head: MASS MEDIA AND POPULAR AMERICAN CULTURE Mass media and popular American Culture Team B University of Phoenix In the last 50 years the mass media has grown exponentially with the advancement of technology. Our society has come a long way since the telegraph and the newspaper. The most used source of media today is the television. In today’s society over 250 billion hours of television is viewed annually by Americans. Children are exposed to more than 40‚000 ads a year
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In the 1950s and 1960s there lived the idea “Separate but Equal”. This idea made it seem like it was just to segregate african americans from the rest of the U.S. The blacks used to idea of non-violence to solve this problem‚ even though the whites only used Violence and bullets. One of the first non-violent acts carried out by the African Americans was the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This was caused because there was heavy segregation on buses‚ where all blacks had to sit at the back the whole time
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musicians shaped the music of the 20th century but few had had a lasting impact. Research and discover how your musician or band affected popular music of their day‚ and how their contribution lives on today. After you get done reading this you have everything need to know about Ray Charles‚ and his career. Ray came from a small town in Florida‚he was born into poverty and had 1 little brother‚ and only lived with his mom he never knew his dad. Ray Charles helped create the R&B music genre. Ray won
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The 1950’s were quite radical in fact‚ this is the decade that began rock n’ roll‚ the civil rights movement‚ better family living‚ advances in technology‚ Fashion‚ medical research‚ other wonderful things this country was not used to seeing or hearing. The 1950’s were looked at more as a state of mind or a way of living rather than just another decade or time era in American history. Everything was peaceful now‚ which looking back on the two world wars and the great depression this country was not
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movie have a different theme‚ and most of the scary movies have history. Many people that go see the movie when it comes out did not know any of this so your not the only one. Between the year of 1900 and 1920 many of the filmmakers are still trying to find new genres of scary movies. In the 1900 one popular movie was ““The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari”‚ it is about a traveling showman and his fortunetelling somnambulist is a haunting example of the absurd
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American Music and Culture: Jazz Dance Jazz dance‚ is defined as any dance to jazz accompaniments‚ composed of a profusion of forms. Jazz dance paralleled the birth and spread of jazz itself from roots in black American society and was popularized in ballrooms by the big bands of the swing era (1930s and ’40s). It radically altered the style of American and European stage and social dance in the 20th century. The term is sometimes used more narrowly to describe popular stage dance (except tap
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was from $8000-$11000. During the 1950s‚ the automobile industry saw growth and change‚ particularly in its design departments. Car companies catered to young buyers’ tastes as well as their fantasies. Auto dealers sold record 58 million cars. Women tend to use the Station Wagons‚ which allow more space for grocery shopping and carry the kids to school. Although conglomerates existed before World War II‚ they became increasingly popular during the late 1950s. Conglomerates are corporations consisting
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beginning of the twentieth century the African Americans of the United States were treated unfairly‚ to inhumane extremes‚ with acts so cruel that they would scar Americans for decades to come. During these years‚ Americans were almost a different culture than the Americans of today. With years of oppression‚ government sponsored segregation‚ corruption in most all of the systems of government‚ and large groups of crazy racist‚ the America for African Americans then‚ was hardly even a real taste of what
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The 1950’s was a time where war soldiers were coming home and were given the opportunity to go back to their families and begin a new life or create one; the war was over. There were new opportunities arising‚ and suburbs were becoming the norm. Racial segregation was coming to an end‚ we added two new states to the United States of America‚ and families were beginning to have babies left and right. Music started to change with Rock n’ Roll‚ clothing and fashion was changing‚ inventions were being
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