through time. One type of literature that has been impacted by society is zombie horror. The term zombie first became widely known in literature as a direct result of William Seabrook’s Magic Island‚ a novel that focuses on voodoo in the Haitian culture. However‚ the actual word zombie was around long before Seabrook wrote the novel in 1929. “In the West Indies and southern states of America‚ a soulless corpse said to have been revived by witchcraft; formerly‚ the name of a snake-deity in voodoo
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Review Questions 1. What is popular music? Popular music is any music since the mid-1800s that is popular with the preferences of anyone from a teen to a mid-aged adult. 2. What theme does pop music typically use in the lyrics? Describe one pop song that uses this theme. Why is this theme such a popular one? Pop music typically uses the theme of love and relationships in the lyrics. One pop song that uses this theme is the song “Marry Me” by Jason Derulo. Some of the lyrics are “…And if I
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mention the names Jennifer Lopez‚ Madonna‚ Eminem or Bruce Willis and be confronted with a questioning face of ignorance. Performers and actors such as these have become increasingly omnipresent in people’s lives all around the globe. American popular culture with its above-mentioned icons and its lifestyle of fast food and consumer goods tends to be received by foreign societies in a variety of differing ways. Terms such as Americanization‚ Westernization and even globalization are only a few of many
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GBMT403: Cross-Cultural Communication and Negotiation in Business Explore Popular Culture Assignment Student name: Frank‚ Hon Ho Nam (B-B1-0314-3)‚ University of Macau 1. Basic information about the movie The Hurricane Directed by Norman Jewison Produced by Norman Jewison Marc Abraham Armyan Bernstein Thomas Bliss John Ketcham Screenplay by Armyan Bernstein Dan Gordon Based on Lazarus and the Hurricane(Sam Chaiton & Terry Swinton) The Sixteenth Round(Rubin "Hurricane" Carter)
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Japanese Popular Culture Reception in Southeast Asia Countries Case study: Indonesia Written by Mirah Mahaswari Department of Communication Studies Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Gadjah Mada University Indonesia Tuesday‚ September 8‚ 2009 Role of Mass Media on Japanese Popular Culture Reception in Southeast Asia Countries Case study: Indonesia Abstract The study of popular culture can be seen from three main approaches. The first debate will be on how popular culture able to
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An examination of the impact of cultural changes‚ in particular popular music‚ over the past fifty-five years on retailing‚ in particular fashion retailing Fashion and popular music are constantly adjusting and changing as they are being impacted on by factors such as current social-cultural changes and the economy. This essay is exploring how these two elements have changed‚ affected and influenced each other over three decades in the late 20th century. Data will be gathered in the form of primary
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Popular Culture and Post Colonialism in Kenya Popular culture as manifested in the book “The River Between” by Ngugi Wa Thiongo depicts the collision between Africans and European ideologies and ways of life in colonial Kenyan society thus telling us more about the foundations of contemporary post colonial Kenya. According to Jessie McKinney‚ Popular culture is the shared knowledge‚ beliefs and practices by a specific group that is especially as a result of Western culture that reflects and
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The Smurfette Principle: A Popular Media Phenomenon By Youssef Sourgo You have certainly had the opportunity to read or watch The Smurfs. The Smurfs was “a Belgium comic and television franchise centered on a group of small blue creatures.” In order to understand the “Smurfette Principle‚” it’s necessary to watch at least one episode of The Smurfs which features Smurfette. Smurfette‚ the only female Smurf‚ is now used as an analogy for female characters who exists alongside a large number of male
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Popular Literature Paper Angela XXXX SOC/105 Introduction to Pop Culture January 10‚ 2010 Instructor: Narketta Sparkman Popular Literature Paper The purpose of this paper is to analyze a piece of popular literature including a critique of the story and a commentary about the influence of the work in popular culture. The paper will identify the literary production of The Green Mile written in 1996 by Stephen King. The paper will provide a brief description of what the novel is
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John Fiske argues that ‘popular culture lies not in the production of commodities so much as the productive use of industrial commodities’ (Fiske‚ J. 1990‚ Understanding Popular Culture. London: Routledge‚ p.28) Essay By the word “culture” we refer to the social circulation of meanings‚ values and pleasures to the processes of forming social identities. "Popular" is a more elusive term even than "culture." One meaning of the word‚ is what is most popular is what appeals to the most
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