Music in Different Cultures Popular Music and Contemporary U.S. Culture Popular Music in its Many Facets In its broadest sense‚ popular music is an umbrella term referring to a vast range of commercially mass-marketed musical genres contrasting with classical or art music and intended for mass consumption (e.g.‚ rock‚ rock and roll‚ hip-hop‚ grunge‚ heavy metal‚ rhythm and blues‚ punk‚ soul‚ techno‚ funk‚ rap‚ house). This wide-ranging term encompasses a plethora
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Title: You at your friend’s birthday party. Suddenly someone catches your attention and you would really like to know this person. Approach him/her and start a conversation. Situation: Charmaine had been study in England for 3 years‚ and today is her best friend‚ Jiaying birthday‚ so she decided to come back Malaysia to attend her birthday party. During the time‚ a person who called Derrick also come back from England too. Derrick is the one who was catches Charmaine attention due to his voice
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The Culture of Country Music Country music is one of the most relatable forms of self-expression in our current culture; it is often used to express the personal thoughts‚ ways of living‚ and spirituality in the everyday lives of its listeners. Country music has grown to accommodate a very large and eclectic audience‚ keeping up with the growth and maturity its culture. It started with a few artists and a radio station‚ and has grown exponentially in a relatively small time. The impact of this
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American popular culture and music play a large role in molding the thinking and forming the personalities of youngsters and adolescents‚ as American media targets young Americans. Once attached‚ it’s very difficult for an American adolescent to rid themselves of the sneaky messages infiltrating their mind. The advancement of technology has helped the media in taking control of American youth‚ controlling them into imitating what is on television‚ online‚ music and other American media. When an American
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The Effects Music Has On Culture Daric M. Grant Comm/215 January 18‚ 2011 Rose Safir The Effects Music Has On Culture Over the years‚ music has changed noticeably. There once was a time when it was considered therapeutic after a stressful day. Music is just not music anymore; in today’s generation‚ songs have more strong lyrical content towards certain issues that can have a positive or detrimental outcome to the listener. This constitutes a simple form of brain-washing‚ controlling the
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American music has had a large impact‚ and is listened to across the globe. There are numerous different genres‚ and all of these are popular in different areas of not only the country but also the world. There are many different reasons for American music’s success‚ from being able to incorporate previous artist’s music to having such a large diversity of music being created. I will try to explore why American music is so popular‚ and what kind of music is popular around the world. I will also then
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Lecture 2 • Blackface Minstrelsy • Betrays simultaneous fascinations and repulsion for African American culture (don’t imitate unless admire) • Appeared in the 1830’s and onward • As much a matter of class as a matter of race • Live entertainment in which white performers darkened their skin to imitate what they thought African American music sounded like (didn’t know much about African American culture or the south in general) • Ridiculed blacks and made profit • Northern cities such as New
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The Many Cultures of America American culture includes both conventional and liberal features‚ controlled and religious effectiveness‚ political structures‚ risk taking and free expression‚ materialist and moral elements. In spite of certain dependable principles such as‚ individuality‚ equality‚ and faith in freedom and democracy‚ American culture has a variety of terminologies due to its geographical scale and demographic diversity. The elasticity of U.S. culture and its highly symbolic nature
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women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes”. Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical‚ fictional‚ or philosophical discourse. It aims to understand the nature of gender inequity. It examines women’s and men’s social roles‚ experience‚ interests‚ chores‚ and feminist politics in a variety of fields‚ such as anthropology and sociology‚ communication‚ home economics‚ literature‚ education‚ and philosophy. Despite the struggle of many people today to achieve equality between
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American culture is rich‚ complex‚ and unique. It emerged from the short and rapid European conquest of an enormous landmass sparsely settled by diverse indigenous peoples. Although European cultural patterns predominated‚ especially in language‚ the arts‚ and political institutions‚ peoples from Africa‚ Asia‚ and North America also contributed to American culture. All of these groups influenced popular tastes in music‚ dress‚ entertainment‚ and cuisine. As a result‚ American culture possesses an
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