HUM/176 April 21‚ 2013 How has visual entertainment shaped American culture and values? The inventors of the television around the 1950’s seen an idea for the invention far before the technology was ever introduced. Most of the American’s today had a family member who had a television set in their homes by 1950 and can remember stories about the event‚ and media entertainment has brought its own set of challenges and benefits. Television has helped in creating our culture by the advertisements
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Midterm Paper The 1920s was a period of transition between the nineteenth century traditional ways and the twentieth century modern ways. The ongoing struggle lied between traditionalist and modernist who had separate opinions of where the country should be going and what was acceptable. Traditional values manifested in the idea of isolationism of America‚ individualism of it’s people‚ Jeffersonianism‚ providence‚ and a homosocial realm of leisure. The modern values manifested in the idea of internationalism
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“Inis Beag” The fictious name Inis Beag refers to one of the islands located in the Irish Gaeltacht. During the 60’s‚ it was home to just 350 people‚ who were primarily farmers and fishers. John C Messenger‚ a cultural anthropologist‚ travelled to Inis Beag several times with his wife during the years 1961-1966‚ after an initial visit in the fifties. Messenger’s main goal with these visits was to document the technological‚ economnic‚ political‚ social‚ religious‚ esthetic‚ and recreational aspects
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their ejection from the Garden of Eden and into a more chaotic future. As Eve rejected the Apollonian in an attraction to the Dionysian‚ the narrator’s wife rejected her traditional role of mother and teacher and embraced the Dionysian traits of nudity‚ disorder‚ and orgy. She disobeys her masculine husband and tempts him to take off his clothes; get rid of his watch‚ wallet‚ and keys; and embrace sexual equality. In essence‚ she is stripping off what the narrator considers his identity‚ “I held
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It was enlightening to see the field of dancing and entertaining from the male and female perspective. Overall‚ both genders work hard in their profession‚ but in different aspects. I found it fascinating that in the documentary “La Bare‚” one of the dancer’s points out that “male entertainers work harder than the female entertainers. All the females have to worry about is having nice titties and they are good to look at.” I disagree with his statement. Though the males put a lot more “stage antics”
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conscription and Australian involvement in the war. Sexual Revolution The 1970’s were also known as a time of ‘Sexual Liberation’. They fought for the acceptance of sex outside of heterosexual and marriages. Their aim was to make contraception‚ public nudity‚ premarital sex and homosexuality all normal. This also included the legalization of abortion. A new‚ sexualized popular culture swung into Australian life in the 1970’s‚ and it seemed everyone wanted to be apart of it. Watching a porn film at
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such as NC-17 (No Children under 17)‚ though these are less known. People often describe certain movies as improperly rated. Sometimes a movie is rated Pg-13 for harsh language and violence‚ but the rating fails to mention that the film also contains nudity or sexuality. Other times the movie is rated R for language yet contains only one or two mild profanities. In such cases one must question the consistency of the rating panel. If such lapses of efficiency are common‚ one should seriously consider
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Hence I will disagree if the Marketers were to be completely blamed for this change of moral values. But yeah‚ to some extent‚ kids or even the younger generation gets carried away or influenced by such “unethical” ads which would include violence‚ nudity ‚ sex‚ smoking etc.‚ one of the reasons being‚ there is some celebrity who has endorsed that brand and because people look
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suggested and should never be displayed. The treatment of disgusting‚ unpleasant subjects should show good taste. Obscenity in word‚ gesture‚ or by suggestion- including pointed profanity such as god‚ Jesus Christ‚ and lord- is forbidden. Complete nudity‚ costumes that permit indecent or undue exposure are also not to be shown. Dances that suggest or represent sexual actions or excessive passion are
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ETHICAL THEORIES IN ACTION A quick look through some of the images in Sally Mann’s “Immediate Family” and one can already see how this body of work might be considered controversial. The dark images taken with her 8 by 10 camera of her nude children are easily interpreted in inappropriate ways. For Sally Mann‚ being naked was natural and not something to be ashamed of. For others however‚ the naked images of Mann’s children could be seen as pornographic and inappropriate. Subjective relativism
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