They marked the waning of the popular religious tract as a dominating presence on the meagre literary scene. ... And popular myths are apt to stay for long in small minority groups. ... Most of these articles visualised a new type of reader: the citizen of an independent state and not just the enlightened member of an ethnic community. ... His was the most popular British literary name in the period discussed. ... They were scholars and not popular teachers or moralists like Samuel Smiles, and therefore were less popular than he came to be. ...

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It's hard to determine exactly what roads popular culture will travel down in the best of times, under the most pleasant of circumstances. ... During the Vietnam conflict, war had a very visible and direct affect on society, and most obviously, on popular culture - especially music. ... How would it change popular music as we know it? ... Arguably the most important and inventive teeny-bopper pop act in the world, it took a social revolution to also make them the most important movers in popular culture since Thomas Paine. ... Stuff like this has a weird habit of bringing out the genius i...

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Protecting Popular Culture The mass media also deals with how popular culture is interpreted. ... The more popular their medium, the more profit they earn. ... The media barons are not overly concerned with the audiences' popular cultural values. ... The Relationship Between Advertisers, The Media, and Content The broadcast media is the most influential and readily digested medium. ... Firstly, the networks can assume the program will be popular in Australia, as it was popular in its country of origin. ...

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The UR-archetype scale shows the differences between the ancient and modern hero and provides a system for judging how close a hero conforms to this archetype, which was popular in ancient cultures (Kitaguchi). ... It is interesting to note that the Greek heroes score highest considering that Greek mythology is considered to be the most developed and is also the most popular in the modern world (?... Even popular media which are considered to have drawn heavily from mythology and the hero-quest, like Star Wars, Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, tend to score low. ... This type of...

• Word Count: 2005
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Market research showed that the heaviest TV watchers were the most likely to become active do-it-yourselfers and amateur artists. ... In fact, since most American men rarely used their new tools, the possession of a "fetishistic tool" often served as the object of the hobby (57). ... Painting became one of the most popular hobbies of the 1950s, with the new paint-by-number sets for adults at the center of a "national mania," selling $10 million worth in the first two years. ... Clearly, most Americans did not have the same problems with filling in a numbered space and calling it art as did ...

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For example, the color of green is popular in Islam but in most part of Asia, the green color represents bad luck. ... It can be divided in to folk custom and popular custom. ... A popular custom is behavior shared by a heterogeneous group or by several groups, such as wearing blue jeans and going to gym. However, many globally popular customs are banned in some nations. ... Religion also is a significant cultural variable which leads to the most adaptive products for a certain nation.For instance, Islam in the North does not allow selling beer, whereas in the South beer are sold everywhere. ...

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For example, the color of green is popular in Islam but in most part of Asia, the green color represents bad luck. ... It can be divided in to folk custom and popular custom. ... A popular custom is behavior shared by a heterogeneous group or by several groups, such as wearing blue jeans and going to gym. However, many globally popular customs are banned in some nations. ... Religion also is a significant cultural variable which leads to the most adaptive products for a certain nation.For instance, Islam in the North does not allow selling beer, whereas in the South beer are sold everywhere. ...

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Fukuzawa got great influence from Eurocentrism, which showed in the practical and popular character of his writings, therefore, Fukuzawa Yukichi was Eurocentric. ... Gradually the new education was showing its results among the younger generation; yet men of middle age or past, who held responsible positions, were for the most part uninformed as to the true spirit of Western culture, and whenever they had to make decisions, they turned invariably to their Chinese sources for guidance. ... However, in the East, most people just know how to save money, don't know how to spend and others o...

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What is more likely to be the case is that most parents are willing to help their child's education but don't always know how (Cairney & Munsie, 1995, p.1). ... One way of recognising and valuing children's different literacy backgrounds is through the inclusion of popular culture into the school program. ...

• Word Count: 1973
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Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was one of the founding members of the new art movement that began in the mid to late fifties, which was most commonly referred to as "Pop Art," which was short for "Popular Culture." "Pop Art" takes its subject matter from popular culture such as comic strips, motion pictures, and advertising, as well as ordinary everyday objects, which are portrayed by using various artistic technologies. ... One of the Hollywood superstars that Warhol was most fascinated with was Marilyn Manroe. ... He knew that his work would be successful since some of his most famous pieces dea...

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As we know, English wild man has deep roots in English literature and popular culture and encompasses a remarkable variety of types-from fully human to almost animal, from essentially moral to irredeemably corrupt, which may all be the similarities to Caliban; therefore, the interpretations of Caliban are abundant and various. ... The hostilities of the initial days of America's independence dissolved and the two countries found they were the most plausible allies of each other. ... Sidney Lees' view was stated so strongly and had lingered over so long that most critics were influenc...

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Some examples of these "standing out " became very popular and were followed by more people. ... Fashion is one of the most powerful means of communication, which sometimes may play a vital role in the life of a person; it especially concerns the cases of getting a desired job. ... As soon as women realized that experimenting with their clothing might bring them the results they need they became the most interested consumers and the demand on women's production increased greatly. ... Expression of symbols through clothing is a very popular...

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One of the most popular methods is the cross-cultural training. ... (Czinkota and Ronkainen 1999, 147) One of the most common ways is cross-cultural training. ... Most of the companies offering training provide only brief environmental summaries and some culture and language preparations which mainly focus on the development of technical ability and other job-related skills. Furthermore, most training is rather a short period of time. ...

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He wanted to destroy what the narrator valued most, his possessions. ... There would often be arguments about who had the most channels on their TV. ... According to Shane McNally, "Popular culture silently functions to keep ordinary people ignorant of their true situation in order to make money." ... They make you think it is the most important thing in the world, and if you want to really fit in you must buy the product being advertised. ... They place them on TV programs that the audience is most likely to watch. ...

• Word Count: 1981
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During the first year of operation, Euro Disney became the most popular tourist attraction in Europe with 11 million visitors (Giltin, 1994). ... As one indication of that fact, it was reported that, "the Japanese Disneyland was meant to be thoroughly American, most signs are in English, and only one of the 20 restaurants serves Japanese food" (Rudolf, 1991: 48). ... Disney's assumption about the transferability of its American model of organization was expressed most clearly in their attempt to create a "hermetically sealed world of their own", assuming that this world could maintain i...

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Some get tattoos just because of how many people today have them and for most people who do get these tattoos, leave no meaning to them. ... This is where Polynesians carried the tattoo culture across the Pacific Islands to New Zealand where it was most commonly known (Flamepoint). ... Although not popular throughout the country, tattooing flourished in Chatham Square (Midre). ...

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Most archaeologists use the remains from past peoples because there is no written record. ... One of the most popular anthropological theories is Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, but some believe it is not the most important. ...

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If we want to look at the world countries from a neutral view, we can easily reach the following opinion: "The powerful countries are becoming more powerful, the third world countries are becoming poorer in term of their economical situation."" If we search for the reasons of this gap between rich and poor; we may conclude this with education, politics, economy, and globalization etc. at this point. The globalization is defined as "the process by which social institutions become adopted on a global scale- in the dictionaries. From this definition it may seem as a good thing but the reality ...

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Perhaps one of the biggest culprits of this misrepresentation of the cultural other' is Walt Disney, one of America's most well known and profit making co-operations. ... "To most Americans, exotica means the tropics- whether jungle or desert. What people know about these places, to the continual dismay of geographers and anthropologists, is not only very little, but it is constructed by years of imbibing caricatures (usually racist) brewed by various popular media. ...

• Word Count: 1953
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Salwar Kameez is worn by Indian women, and is highly popular in Punjab so is quite often referred to as a Punjabi suit. ... There are more than a hundred different languages in India, although the most traditional one that Indians claim is used the most is Hindi, in the Devanagari script. ... Each generation has refined its sense of what is most important for children to know, believe, value, and do to ensure survival of the cultural and social community.This unique family culture is passed on to the new generation through the stories that are told to children and through the family and commun...

• Word Count: 1992
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The most important areas of this cultural legacy are those of art, medicine, music/dance, religion, beliefs, folktales and language. ... Most of the African words that have survived are of Ashanti origin. ... However, the slaves continued singing and dancing, the Kumina dance in particular was popular and has been preserved. ...

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Take the United States, which exerts enormous amounts of hegemonic influence, in promoting its values, habits, and beliefs through popular culture and the news media. ... If you think about it, most of the content on the internet is in English, so these corporations with their global marketing campaigns promote a certain kind of consumerist culture and capitalistic ideals. ...

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The interesting point to note is that in spite of popular criticism, not all changes were detrimental to the maintenance of regional cultures. ... If indeed regions become more equal in terms of economic resources, national unity should be achieved if economic exploitation is the most significant factor. ...

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