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    Crash (2004): Racial Tropes in Mass Media and Popular Culture The representation of race and blackness in the popular culture and mass media has become one of the cultural paradigms in the United States. This has turned into a culture of discussion‚ one that constantly decodes and repositions blackness as a ticket into the multicultural America. In effect‚ blackness seems to offer a functionality that is a dominant media trope for representations and debates on race and ability. Even though Americans

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    Are soap operas radical television? Or do they merely support a dominant ideology under capitalism? Question Four Are soap operas radical television? Or do they merely support a dominant ideology under capitalism? "Vicki! I…I thought I heard your voice" Roy Lichtenstein; Vicki; 1964 "Oh‚ Jeff…I love you‚ too…But" Roy Lichtenstein; I love you…but; 1964 Traditional soap opera dialogue is not unlike the pop-artist Roy Lichtenstein’s stylised magnification of the commonplace

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    1 Ethan Drury ID: 2680832 AST-240-01 4/12/13 Remove the spaces after each line here. The Timeless Warrior How Time and Popular Culture Distorted the Samurai This title not specific- could be I have made book a point of pointing out The samurai are understood to be master swordsmen of great power. Mysterious‚ certain words that do enigmatic characters that wander the mountains and villages of feudal Japan searching for not flow corr- something once lost to them‚ cutting down everything in their

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    Alcatraz because of its presence in the media‚ Alcatraz’s reputation as “escape-proof”‚ and natural human curiosity. First of all‚ the escape from Alcatraz has had a significant impact on American media and culture. The presence of this event today is still evident‚ especially in popular American media. For example‚ movies Escape From Alcatraz (1979)‚ Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) are

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    1. Popular Sovereignty – Basic principle of the American system of government which asserts that the people are the same of any and all governmental power‚ government can exist only with the consent of the government. Ex. is that when slavery still existed‚ different territories had different opinions so‚ they let each territory decide if they wanted slavery or not.. 2. Limited Government- Basic principle of American government which states that government is restricted in what it may do‚ and each

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    “Punk rock‚ perhaps more than any genre in the history of popular music‚ is almost impenetrably tangled in ideologies.” Amazing isn’t it‚ more popular than any other genre. Punk has changed many lives in many ways. Punk Rock was developed in 1975 in the U.S.‚ U.K.‚ and Australia. Punk was exchanged between the U.S. and the U.K. many times (PUNK ROCK). It has combined Rock N’ Roll‚ Grunge‚ and Heavy metal. It was formed into many different waves for different listeners‚ such as from ‘Punks’ to ‘Rebels

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    Kenny Copeland Mrs. Tripp History 120 April 16‚ 2013 Analysis #2 pg.381 Question 3 Question: Why do you suppose the New Woman‚ portrayed in either a positive or a negative light‚ was such a pervasive image in popular culture of the era? The “New Woman” concept that was growing in the 1880’s was a new advancement in the battle for women gaining respect and notoriety in America‚ the New Woman “agitated for suffrage and reform‚ pursued higher education‚ and made modest gains in the professional

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    Japanese Popular Culture Reception in Southeast Asia Countries Case study: Indonesia Written by Mirah Mahaswari Department of Communication Studies Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Gadjah Mada University Indonesia Tuesday‚ September 8‚ 2009 Role of Mass Media on Japanese Popular Culture Reception in Southeast Asia Countries Case study: Indonesia Abstract The study of popular culture can be seen from three main approaches. The first debate will be on how popular culture able to

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    Korean Popular Music‚ the Culture Industry‚ and National Identity John Lie* In the early 2010’s‚ the expansion of South Korean popular culture around the world is led by popular music‚ usually known as Kpop. In this paper I seek to answer two questions. First‚ what are the sources of its success beyond the South Korean national border? Secondly‚ what does it say about contemporary South Korean society and culture? Key Words: K-pop‚ Korean Wave‚ Hallyu‚ South Korean Popular CulturePopular Music

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    Question 1 ‘Describe popular culture in Britain at the beginning of the 1960s’ Popular culture describes how many people appreciate styles and interests of that current day. Features such as music‚ colours and entertainment are commonly liked by ordinary people. Britain in the 1950’s was still gloomy; people were still getting over the devastation of World War Two as they had lost their loved ones. Rationing had ended in 1954-1955 and they were still recovering from the economic hardship. But

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