but nowadays it is a constant presence in a vast amount of American lives. Once a luxury item‚ TV’s can currently be found in nearly every home in America. Children grow up watching television and continue watching it well into adulthood. With a technology so accessible to everyone‚ it undoubtedly influences a large audience and therefore the culture around us. The revolutionary technology of television has influenced American culture by impacting the individual’s self-image‚ as well as overall
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“Television has been a fixture of American culture for more than 60 years.” (Minnesota Health Department‚ 2014) From black and white to color‚ from large box televisions to thin‚ to smart televisions‚ they have now. America’s televisions has changed and so have American’s relationship with television. Televisions‚ in an American culture‚ has informed and has entertained them through the years. Televisions has also impacted the health and the behavior of the American culture in the advertisements and the
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always been about race‚ American blues music exemplifies the complex relationship Americans have with race and art. American Blues music has been appreciated‚ examined‚ appropriated‚ and immortalized through the transformation of music over the past one hundred years. Originating from African American slave songs‚ the blues has over time lost its relevance for black people‚ yet continues to be an important cultural entity and has been revered in contemporary white culture. Based on the division
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In Latin American macho culture having a homosexual child is usually cause of shame for most parents. In some settings‚ men are supposed to have sex with women‚ besides their own wives‚ as a manner of proving not just their conquering abilities‚ but their sexual prowess. A friend of my husband used to behave in such a manner‚ and bragged about it. To this man‚ getting a sexually transmitted disease was not just an inconvenience‚ but a motive of pride —"it is nothing more than an occupational hazard
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For this paper I will examine Vietnamese culture according to the five essential questions all cultures must answer (according to Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck). I will then take those answers and compare then to out culture here in America. I realize that some might argue that using North American culture as a starting point is an attempt to simplify this writing‚ but I believe that any initial examination of something new is most effectively done in comparison to what one already knows. The first
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Our society is set up and divided into a hierarchy that reflects income and the family you were born in to. When a culture distinguishes between a group‚ there will always be an overarching system that places some lower on the system than others. The idea of dividing a people based on factors such as these‚ supports Bourdieu’s claims and theories circling around the concept that‚ “power is culturally and symbolically created and constantly refined.” When there is a hierarchy‚ it leads to competition
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What is popular American culture? Popular culture is a way of life. It’s a lifestyle of a group of people. The elements of everyday life consist of popular culture. These are the artifacts‚ institutions‚ and sorts of a general knowledge of a society‚ the common knowledge and practices of a specific group at a specific time. Popular culture reflects and influences people’s way of life because it is related to a precise time and place. It is temporary‚ and new phases take over from former favorites
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Definition of American Culture Throughout American history we have had acknowledged many different traits on culture that no other foreign country or culture might have. Our unique ways of handling ever day life differ from any other culture in the whole entire world; many of these traits can be terrible things and some not as bad. Most Americans of society have shown that we are so far in common with each other and the traits that help form us are tragedy‚ style and popularity‚ and moving
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Cowboys have always represented the American culture‚ as well as introducing the culture of their own. However‚ as social media were developing through the time the Hollywood film industry started to realising the films about cowboys‚ representing the stereotypical image of the wild‚ firm men. Nonetheless‚ they played a huge role in the history of the USA‚ participating in the revolutions and sometimes committing crimes. Cowboys needed steady and reliable material for their trousers due to the fast
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McDonald’s constructs new restaurants all over the world. They provide a taste of American culture in places where people may not know much at all about America or Americans. They provide new industry and jobs to places that may be war torn or simply lack a good job market. This is a positive implication for the town in which the McDonald’s is built but in the long run many of the negative aspects of McDonald’s seem to surface. The instant gratification provided by McDonald’s is the form of a cheap
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