“Rather than unreflexively adopting a lifestyle‚ through tradition or habit‚ the new heroes of consumer culture make lifestyle a life project and display their individuality and sense of style in the particularity of the assemblage of goods‚ clothes‚ practices‚ experiences‚ appearance and bodily dispositions they design together into a lifestyle.” Pg 35. Growing up as a teenager‚ brands made a huge impact on I felt about myself and others. I thought that kids who had cooler brands than me had a higher
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Visual Arts: Their Ability to Become a Universal Language Visual Arts: the channel of education‚ through which all men grow and advance in the world‚ no matter their provenance. Why hesitate to admit the true nature of what art really means? For many it means a life. It is important for everyone to recognize and realize that visual arts have‚ indeed‚ become an important part of everyone’s everyday lives‚ and are widely recognized to the extent that they have the ability to be understood as a universal
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What is an American? The very definition of American can be disputed by people of different nationalities. The accepted school of thought is if one is born in the United States or naturalized through a set process‚ they are an American. To begin with‚ the United States has had a functioning government for no more than two hundred and forty years. Every modern American prior to becoming a proper “American” held another nationality. But it is not only the technical terms that separate Americans
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and how it affected the African Americans that were living in our county. Slavery was very interesting to me because I was able to learning about the struggles that African Americans and how they were able to overcome these difficult times. Through this‚ I was able to learn that anything about slavery can be related to the Haitian revolution because in the haitian revolution‚ slaves rebelled because they wanted their freedom and rights. This corresponds to American slavery because through the course
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Culture is defined as the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people. Most cultures are cultivated by many things such as religion‚ economy‚ government‚ education‚ and conflict that help to shape the culture of a country. The Russian culture has been unswerving and strong through trying times‚ however when most Americans think of the Russian culture‚ they think of a government that is ruled by a tyrant President‚ the Cold War‚ people living in poverty‚ and even a bully to other
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Does television have educational value? Television‚ like anything else‚ has as much educational value as you allow it to. For example‚ television documentaries and sitcoms serve to reinforce or challenge societal norms and ideologies while reality television shows‚ in general‚ are intended to challenge long held beliefs and traditions. In contrast‚ Networks like as PBS and Nickelodeon educate young minds and the several hundred cable channels serve to support the education‚ whether easily apparent
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In the 13th century‚ Marco Polo is one of the most famous traveller in the world. In 1271‚ he has a travel to China from Italy with his father and uncle‚ Nicolo and Maffeo Polo. They bring culture of European to China‚ and realized the way of life in Chinese. In 1254 ‚ Marco Polo was born in Venice . He lived in a business family and has a good education basis. He had received a good geography education‚ learning a lot of business subjects such as foreign currency‚ valuation‚ cargo management
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focus on Indian Americans and their assimilation in to the United States and its culture. Being a second-generation Indian American‚ I believe that I can relate to this subject well. I and other second-generation Indians Americans face a unique set of entirely different social issues. I will focus on the main social institutions of family‚ education‚ religion‚ politics‚ and compare and contrast the experiences of first generation Indian Americans and second generation Indian Americans. It is a generally
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Overall the semester‚ we have been continuously talking about the cultural differences between Chinese and American‚ how they were being treated unequally when their first arrival‚ what kind of the discrimination law they have suffers‚ and how their next generation‚ the native-born view’s the previous generation. Nowadays‚ many of these about Chinese American experiences and stories have put into a film to show people. In the class‚ we have watched four films‚ “Hollywood Chinese‚” “The Joy Luck Club
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5 Slave Culture: African or American Despite the abduction of millions of blacks from their homeland‚ slaves developed a strong familial camaraderie in America‚ retaining their African traditions as seen through dance‚ language‚ clothing and hairstyle. Although kinship ties were usually broken during the slavery process‚ blacks living on the same plantation created a strong-knit community that took part in festivals that highlighted the vibrant music and dancing of the African culture. Additionally
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