According to the author, both graffiti and art have a valuing ownership and property, only that the most criticism of graffiti is that it destroys city and private property. ... The author further argues that just as graffiti, art can also be motivated for selfless or selfish reasons (p. 1). ... Since history, graffiti has been linked to a subcultural activity exercised by a subcultural group rather than linked to a contemporary social space (Young, 2002, p 166). According to the author, graffiti has always been represented negatively in the order of a problem. ... The author argues that graff...

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When looking into the messages that contemporary texts of Pop culture suggest, we may find that the message received by the viewer isn't always the message intended by the author. ... The authors did not intend for the message to suggest these underlying themes, yet Medhurst received the message from a very different point of view. ...

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Body Modification and Contemporary American Rites of Passage INTRODUCTION Rites of Passage The term "Rite of Passage" describes any rite or ritual which marks or induces a change in an individuals social position. ... Because contemporary rites of passage have become extremely personalized, there really can be no culturally universal rites of passage. ... However, because they all contain the important element of alteration of the body, they are comparable enough to document the use of body modification in contemporary rites of passage. ... As one author wrote in an essay found online: ...

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Many years later, author Linda Colley explored Elizabeth Marsh's life while researching for her book, Captives. ... " 4 Social history is always occurring and is always changing, even in contemporary society. ... In contemporary society, Elizabeth Marsh's actions should be recognized for cr...

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When I was deciding what kind of approach I should use for the novel of Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre, I was reading the author's CV and I was surprised that she published her novel just as some of her other works under the pseudonym Currer Bell. ... Nevertheless her personality is standing out above the others, because she is not following contemporary convention, but she venerates equality of rights and gender instead of submission. ...

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