American Popular Culture Austin R. Lee SOC/105 Introduction to Popular American Culture March 28‚ 2012 Hilary Hicks American Popular Culture The Purpose of this paper is to define the term “Popular Culture” as well as identify major trends in American popular culture. After identify major trends in American Pop-culture the paper will go on to analyze the impact that each trend has on personal decision making. In order to define the term popular culture a person must first understand the
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American Values There are many values of American culture; three common ones that come to mind are freedom of religion‚ education‚ and family. The freedom to choose what religion you believe in or the career you want. Also to be able to choose what college you want to attend or what major you want to select. To be able to have the freedom to choose what religion you believe in is something society doesn’t think of every day. A lot of countries don’t have that value; to choose their religion like
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In American culture‚ the concept of stratification can be seen in many areas of one’s life even if they are not aware of it. For example within the general culture of America‚ people are stratified based on many different factors such as race‚ gender‚ economic status‚ occupation‚ and ethnicity. This can be seen within historical examples such as how race often would limit one’s standing in American society by the virtue that it affected what they were legally allowed to do as long as well as how
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The Native American population is comprised of distinct and heterogenous ethnocultural groups that make up about 1.8 million of the total people in the United States. The American Southwest is particularly unique because of the environment‚ the Native traditions and culture‚ and the historical contact with the Spanish as well as the interactions with the United States government. An enclave describes an area surrounded by or within a territory in which the people in the area are culturally and/or
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Peter Morrisette MIS 204 10 January 2018 Globalization The importation of cultures from around the world can be seen in the United States almost everywhere‚ many people are probably not even aware that some of things the wear‚ eat and watch are influenced from foreign cultures. Many new technology devices that people in the United States daily are designed and made in foreign countries and then brought here to be sold. The spread of countries cultural values and technology can be brought to the United
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The film franchise of Star Wars has had an incalculable impact on society and culture. It’s paved the way for modern movie trilogies (such as "Lord of the Rings"‚ "The Matrix"‚ et al.)‚ embedded itself into popular culture‚ and changed the genre of science fiction. The main reason Star Wars is such a pertinent film franchise is due to its omnipresence. In 15 years‚ Americans will watch the Star Wars saga in narrative sequence (episodes I-VII and onward) because of how prevalent the storyline is in
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both positive and negative. The media harms the American culture by creating these celebrity idols‚ the glorification of violence‚ sex‚ and drug and alcohol abuse. The media positively affects the American culture by the quick and easy flow of useful information and education‚ its major role in developments like fight against racism‚ fight against gender bias‚ world poverty and spreading awareness about world peace. The media affects the American culture in several ways‚ beneficial and harmful. The
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in American strip clubs‚ but the dance’s sturdiest relations lie in African culture. Vivacious and rhythmic dancing is important in African culture as well as Caribbean
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Matriarchal Cultures: The Native American There has long been debate among anthropologists about matriarchal societies. But that is a historical result of last 500 years of European military expansion and extermination of native cultures. There are a few societies whose status as matriarchies is disputed among anthropologists and this is as much a debate about terminology as it is about interpreting how another society defines status and such‚ their self-understanding as opposed to our
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The American and Nepalese culture have some similarities but many differences. The American culture is a Western and a diverse culture; whereas‚ the Nepalese culture is Eastern and less diverse. There is a public education system for everyone in the American culture‚ and the literacy rate is high. In Nepal‚ there is a public education system also but the literacy rate is low. There is more freedom for people in American culture; on the other hand‚ in Nepalese culture‚ there is less freedom and more
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