University of Rijeka Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Department of English Language and Literature THE SWINGING SIXTIES Student: Tea Schmidichen Course: English Language 2 Course Instructor: Irena Meštrović Štajduhar‚ M.Ed. Ac. Year: 2012/2013 The sixties were a time of rapid changes in all spheres‚ including fashion‚ music‚ literature‚ politics and sport. Everything was characterized by a revolution of some sort‚ either sexual revolution‚ political revolution or even revolution
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During 1970s Britain‚ life was a picture of austerity and hardship for many members of the public. The country was facing the worst economic recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s and large numbers of the electorate were quickly beginning to grow tired of the failing policies being touted by both Labour and Conservative minority governments. The experience of Britain for many in the 1970s was one of drawn out decline and decay‚ the consensus politics of the 1960’s was falling apart and
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60s Research Document 4.1.1‚2 History and development of the Multitrack Recorder Multitrack recorders were originally developed in the early 1950s in Germany. The initial principle of multitracks was to divide a tape in two parts and record different sounds onto each and play them back concurrently. The fact that both tracks would be on the same tape would mean they would be synchronised exactly. In classical music recordings of the 1950s‚ the early two track machines were first used
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At that time‚ Twyla lives in Newburgh and works at the Howard Johnsons Diner. After the “How’s it been going conversation‚ “Roberta tells Twyla that she has leave to go meet with a famous rock star‚ Jimmy Hendrix. Twyla responds‚ “Hendrix! really fantastic‚ what’s she doing now?” Roberta is shocked and calls Twyla an ‘asshole’ because Twyla has no idea who Jimmy is. She then leaves without a word. Twyla then ask Roberta‚ “How’s your mother?” which makes Roberta feel uncomfortable
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BOOK OF ELI ARCHETYPES- BO Hendrix Characters for part one Solara Carnegie Situation Archetypes- THE BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL‚ Carnegie is the bad guy in the movie and his goal is to rule what is left of the US. By doing so he must kill Eli to get the bible. He wants the bible because of the power of the words of god and how he can use the bible to control the hopeless people. Symbolic Archetype- THE MAGIC WEAPON‚ in the movie the magic weapon represents the Holy Bible. The bible in
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Michael Benson Final Draft 11/28/11 Birth of a Subculture; Death of the Music Festival In Birth of Tragedy‚ Friedriche Nietzsche characterizes ancient Greek Dionysian festivals to be “centered in extravagant licentiousness…[where] the most savage natural instincts were unleashed” (Nietzsche 39). Music‚ orgies‚ excess drinking‚ and indulgences thrived during these fests. Ancient Greek sects craved these festivals and counted down the days until they could partake in the debauchery (Nietzsche 39)
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Lyrics and Political Persuasions "Look what’s happening out in the streets!" What better line to characterize the feeling of the Americans throughout the chaos and turmoil of one of the most memorable decades in United States history‚ than this quote in the Jefferson Airplane song "Volunteers?" The people of the time were utterly awestricken by the horrors they were being forced to endure‚ and they decided they would do the best they could to publicize their total disgust for the United States’
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A Hand Test: Genetical‚ Psychological and Social Analysis to Being Left-Handed The preferred usage of one hand over the other is called handedness. Approximately 90 percent of the world’s populations are right-handed and these were passed on from one generation to other‚ although learning and culture could be the other possibilities to these phenomena (Lexicon University Encyclopedia‚ 1988). According to the New Encyclopedia Britannica (1993)‚ laterality is the development of specialized functions
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1960 Decades For my ISP topic‚ I’ll discuss the major events that happened in nineteen-sixty. The 1960 was upheaval in society‚ fashion‚ attitudes and music. The 1960s introduced a lot of new trends that have carried over to today. It was a time where clothes became ground-breaking‚ with casual accessories and hairstyles but for some people in the United States‚ the 1960s were troubling time. “By the end of Jimmy Carter’s presidency‚ the idealistic dreams of the 1960s were worn down by inflation
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POPULAR CULTURE OUTCOMES • Analyses relationships within and between social and cultural groups. • Accounts for cultural diversity and commonality within societies and cultures • Evaluates continuity and change‚ assesses social futures and strategies for change and the implications for societies and cultures. • Evaluates the influence of power‚ authority‚ gender and technology on decisions making and participation in society. • Applies appropriate language
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