experimented in ways to express their difference. They migrated to San Francisco and grew in size to become a huge influence on American culture‚ inspiring new art and poetry‚ a music genre‚ and two sub-cultures. The Beat Generation‚ through their determination to not conform to bleak post-World War II societal norms‚ changed the nature of creative expression‚ as well as influenced American Culture particularly in the San Francisco area. World War II sparked a mass fear of Communism: the second Red Scare
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Cajuns Cajuns are an ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. state of Louisiana‚ consisting in part of the descendants of Acadian exiles—French-speakers from L’Acadie in what are now the Maritimes of Eastern Canada Louisiana and Texas 1.2 Million Cajuns Food Cajun food relied on local ingredients and wild game like duck‚ rabbit‚ alligator. Areas close to the water used fish and shellfish like shrimp and crawfish. Because Cajuns were poor they used every part of a butchered animal like a pig. They
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For our listening assignment this week we compare 2 songs from the Beatles’ emulative phase with two songs from their experimental phase. The differences between the songs from these two periods are very striking. The recordings‚ “Can’t Buy Me Love” and “Love Me Do” can be considered audio snap shots of those performances‚ while “I am the Walrus” and “Tomorrow never knows” are produced using studio enhancements. “Can’t Buy Me Love” and “Love Me Do” are quite similar in that they each follow
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exact moment. It was like an attempt of defining what was real and giving the viewer an experience of their own. Realism art became one of the most iconic historical pieces of american history because of the way it inspired people and created great culture in multiple countries. Many realism paintings get judged by almost everyone whether it’s a good judgment or sometimes they get a bad judgement. The artist puts their own emotion‚ thought and creativity in their work but just like every person in the
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force‚ to its artwork and architecture‚ Greece has paved the way for many of the things we see around us. While most of the time the media’s representation of a country or culture is historically inaccurate‚ for the most part‚ the portrayal of Greece by western media has been historically correct. It seems that American culture has been greatly interested in producing and viewing media based on ancient Greece. For example‚ the movies
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The American Identity Audrey Montoya History 111 College of the Canyons Professor Gregory Shrout March 5‚ 2014 The American Identity The British influenced the unique American identity by American colonies wanting freedom for everyone and anyone. American colonies didn ’t want to acquire the English ways of kings‚ courts and bishops etc. Everyone being ranked from rich to poor meant people would not be treated equal and there wouldn ’t be true freedom for all. The American colonies
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After 1600 through the 1700’s‚ European culture generated a new artistic style‚ known as “The Baroque”. The term literally means "irregular pearl" and is use to describe the vibrant and wild artistic creativity of the seventeenth century. The newly created Baroque style grew out of the Catholic “Counter-Reformation”. Later on as the style spread to northern Europe‚ it became popular at royal places that use this new style as a symbol freshly emerging monarchies. As the book explains‚ Baroque style
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Pericles In the history of the ancient Greek civilization‚ there were many powerful and contributing men and women. Only one could be called the “Greatest Greek” and that man’s name is Pericles. Pericles was a wise and powerful leader of the city of Athens. He was a great supporter of the concept of democracy. Pericles guided Athens almost through the entire Peloponnesian War. Pericles promoted the arts and literature. This was a main reason Athens held the reputation of being the educational and
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At a time when racial tension was very high in the US he had a strong influence on artists such as the Beatles‚ the Beach Boys and the Rolling Stones. In his early career‚ Berry’s songs were mainly classified as blues which appealed to the African American community. Later in his career Berry pivoted by increasing the tempo of his songs and
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the British Invasion. The British Invasion was a musical movement of the mid-1960s composed of British rock-and-roll (“beat”) groups whose popularity spread rapidly to the United States.The Beatles’ triumphant arrival in New York City on February 7‚ 1964‚ opened America’s doors to a wealth of British musical talent. What followed would be called—with historical condescension by the willingly reconquered colony—the British Invasion. Like their transatlantic counterparts in the 1950s‚ British youth
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