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    The Hippy Subculture

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    to the Haight-Ashbury district in San Francisco‚ people would be given free food‚ clothes‚ and drugs. “The fact that they handed out drugs free of charge demonstrates how common drug use was in Haight-Ashbury and how prevalent drugs were in the counterculture” (Brownell). The use of LSD was unknown to the public until the 1960’s when a psychologist at Harvard University named Timothy Leary began to experiment with LSD and encouraged his students to use. (Brownell) Timothy told young people to “Turn

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    Peace And Love

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    on a period of counterculture. The norms of 1950 began to gradually fade away as youth rejected the traditional ways of generations before them. Movements such as‚ “Ban the Bomb”‚ The Civil Rights movement‚ and other events began to escalate into serious matters; this initiated protest and riots. Society felt as if issues that were growing needed to be resolved. Soldiers suffered from the blood shed of the war and society wanted peace to focus on internal matters. The counterculture disagreed with

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    rules can be connected to the principles of counter culture during the 1960’s. Members of counterculture were referred to as hippies. Both Chris and the Hippies where firm believers of free expression. Chris similar to the hippies often protested the government‚ rejected the need to conform to society or authorities‚ and believed in living for him rather than others. Chris like many other followers of counterculture believed that in the wild there were no rules and that one had absolute freedom. Both

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    Social Normality

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    Culture is part of social normality. In today’s society‚ it is expected for cultures to be distinctively recognized. In the United States‚ children in schools are allowed a moment of silence. Although the existence of separation of church and state exist‚ within the moment of silence‚ children are allowed to pray or do whatever it is that might be part of their culture. Another example would be schools in the U.S. recognize cultures and religions‚ so if a observed day by a different culture did not

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    marketing mix

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    Assessment 1 part1 TASK 1 Identify the key characteristics of visual music products or services by gathering relevant information about the product and services of visual music from the case study and other resources that are applicable A) You will need to provide a paragraph or brief explanation of the following characteristics of products or services below Brand The brand or branding of a product is the image of how a company is view among the general public‚ the brand is their

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    Bibliography: Adams‚ James Truslow. The Epic of America. London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd‚ 1933. Adams‚ Rachel. "Hipsters and jipitecas: Literary Countercultures on Both Sides of the Border." American Literary History 16 (2004): 58–84. Anderson‚ Terry H. The Movement and the Sixties: Protest in America from Greensboro to Wounded Knee. New York: Oxford University Press‚ 1995. Baudrillard‚ Jean. America

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    Swing Kids

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    Swing Kids 1. Hamburg‚ Germany. 1939. The main character‚ a young‚ German man named Peter Muller‚ was very traumatized by what the Nazi’s and Gestapo (the terrorist political police of the Nazi regime founded by Hermann Göring‚ whose purpose was to persecute all political opponents of the Nazi regime) did to his father. Over the course of the movie‚ Peter went through a change; he saw his father in a new light‚ and realized what really mattered in the world around him. Peter’s father was a violinist

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    My Little Pony Essay

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    An Exploration on the Various Perspectives of the Cultural Reemergence of My little Pony. Kevin Rosenberger There has been a recent social development concerning a very well-known series of toys‚ and a cartoon that has been airing for decades; namely‚ My Little Pony. Hasbro has marketed the line of toys since the early 1980s and along with that‚ created a cartoon‚ targeted toward toddlers and young girls. The cartoon has aired many different generations and adaptations of the show from 1984 to

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    1920s Flappers Essay

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    On the other hand‚ critics of the era often argued that the flapper’s influence had a negative impact on shifting social norms of the 1920s because she exhibited reckless and illegal behavior during a time of rising economic inequality and debauchery. They criticized flappers for essentially “eroding the moral fabric of society” (DiPaolo). Victorian Americans believed the rebellious women misused their new sense of social freedom by mimicking the most disgraceful habits of men: including smoking

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    culture

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    Chapter 2 – Culture Summary The concept of culture is sometimes easier to grasp by description rather than definition. All human groups possess culture‚ which consists of the language‚ beliefs‚ values‚ norms‚ and material objects that are passed from one generation to the next. Although the particulars of culture may differ from one group to another‚ culture itself is universal-all societies develop shared‚ learned ways of perceiving and participating in the world around them. Culture can be

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