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    Peter Oestreich Dr. Lane Writing II 10 October 2006 Popular Culture Should Be A Popular Course Dear Chair of the Education Department‚ Popular culture should be a course that is offered on Clarion campus for everyone. If popular culture is taught correctly‚ a course on popular culture can provide a very educational outlook on wide variety of important topics such as race and ethnicity or politics(Rise and Fall). Popular culture is very interesting‚ in that it is what is popular to people

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    IDENTITY VERSUS IDENTITY CRISIS INTRODUCTION Our group decided to have a case study on a subject who involved in a group called Skinhead. This is a true story of a person that is closely related with one of our group members. He was a 16 years old male student who studied in a vocational school. According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary‚ Skinhead is a young person‚ usually a man‚ with a shaved head and often wearing braces and heavy boots‚ especially Doc Martens. It first appeared in

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    The rise and fall of skateboarding counterculture begins and ends with "Dogtowns’" Z-Boys. A series of events leading to the exploration of a new form of athletic and stylistic expression‚ and a media outlet inspired a generation of rebellious youth. The fall of this counterculture is due to the media and corporate America expanding skateboarding into a popular middle class medium. The awesome aggression and style incorporated power‚ fury‚ untamed individualism‚ and a free-spirited determination

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    While Duncombe talks extensively about the various types and stages of cultural resistance‚ the overall idea is to rebel against an overarching societal system that is oppressive in some manner. This resistance can be presented through arts and media‚ action‚ or personal attitude. The author believes that any movement of this nature against the norm can create new school of thought on one end and a full-blown revolution on the other. Duncombe begins his piece by stating his observations of the rave

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    Author Zulkin emphasizes Brooklyn by describing people who are living there. He mostly talks about Williamsburg in this essay. Such as Rubulad‚ which is an underground party is an example of how the contemporary trend of urban renewal is connected with people. The notion of “cool cultural notion” also has developed the attractive image of culture of Brooklyn which gave it a new meaning to this borough-specially Williamsburg. As Jane Jacob stated‚ it was destined for Williamsburg to be hipster since

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    sport Another important discussion is whether skateboarding can be considered a subculture more than a sports activity wherein different subculture participate. As shown in some of the reports in the state of the art (Johns 2011; Van der Rijt et al. 2002) skaters were not significantly more involved in marijuana use than other cultures‚ but as Nielsen and co. found it is possible that participating in several subcultures that acknowledge a particular behavior make the individual more likely to get

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    1. What role does the police/corrections subculture play in fueling law enforcement misconduct? Defend your position. It is unreasonable to believe law enforcement misconduct does not exist; it has been ongoing since the creation of the law enforcement entity. This is due to the subculture created within the police and corrections units. A subculture is unwritten rules and guidelines referring to attitudes‚ beliefs and behaviors assisting the officers in survival. Survival refers to camaraderie

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    Consequences of Popular Culture A Consequence can be defined as‚ Something that logically or naturally follows from an action or condition. In this matter we are referring to the consequences of Pop Culture towards violence. Violence in general has one meaning‚ an act of aggression. We will be examining three types of violence in our culture‚ Domestic violence‚ Youth violence‚ and of course Gun violence. We feel that all three of these types of violence have increased in today ’s society as

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    Foundations of College Writing November 9‚ 2013 The Brotherhood: Ethnography of a Firefighter In Cultural Experience: Ethnography in Complex Society‚ the writer’s‚ McCurdy‚ Spradley‚ and Shandy use the term “microculture” and define it as a culture associated with groups that form for a variety of reasons‚ but do not consume every hour of the member’s time (McCurdy 15). We learn that a microculture has its own language‚ behaviors‚ and standards that are shared amongst the group. People can be

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    Popular American Culture Culture has many different ranges to its definition; through many artifacts‚ music‚ religion and social habits can culture be defined. Popular culture like culture has many different ingredients such as music‚ movies‚ perspectives and ideas that individuals interact within their everyday lives. Popular American culture or pop culture has three major trends which are religion‚ social and political; these three has played a major role in the influence of individuals within

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