Popular Culture Popular culture is the culture that is adopted and appeals to large masses of people, normally the middle class citizens. ... By interpreting and using popular symbolic forms, everyone helps produce popular culture. ... Most executives of the culture industries are in the business strictly for the bread. ... Even the most threatening and anarchistic cultural materials and political statements are shamelessly packaged and sold. ... So while the sights and sounds of mass-mediated popular culture may be first produced and distributed by commercial enterprises headquartered ...

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There are many definitions which apply to the popular culture and one of the simplest ways to determine what is popular culture is to observe congregations in society, large groups and what their common interest is. ... In today's popular culture one of the only ways to reach many people is through media and I feel that even though Meyer did not overtly intend to include anything about her faith, certain values important to her (which are also the values of the LDS) were bound to slip in somewhere within the story. ... This is a similitude of sexual repression because of his willingness...

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Popular Culture Since the beginning of popular culture, people are following the trends. Popular culture comes to us in many ways. ... Television and music were the major attractions in the old popular culture. ... Most rappers began singing about political, police brutality, drugs, sex, gangs, and aides. ... Most of these films had morals for the audiences. ...

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To understand the concept of popular geopolitics it is imperative to know what popular geopolitics means. ... Rather they are creating a label out of the popular entertainment. ... People use what they see or hear off of popular entertainment to characterize countries. ... Most of the themes presented of a country tend to be repetitive and many times the information is used to characterize a region, not just one country. ... Another example of popular geopolitics for Swaziland is the movie The Lion King. ...

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When viewed as a material aspect of our culture, popular piercing is an attempt to create an alien other. ... Other popular piercing in today's society include the navel, tongue, lip eyebrow, and the nose. ... Ear piercing are most widely practiced piercing among cultural groups in Africa, India, Indonesia, North and South America. ... Ear cartilage piercing, especially popular among the Masai and Fulani, also emphasized beauty and wealth. ... However, as body modification becomes more popular, it becomes contradicting. ...

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He was denounced to the Holy office being accused of speaking heretical and most pious words about Christ. ... His thesis is that the idea of popular culture is a reciprocal relationship of power between the dominant class and the culture of the subordinate class. This time period was marked by effective although secretive exchanges between high European culture and popular cultures. ... He was literate unlike most of his class. ... The reader speculates that Ginzburg wrote the book to back up his thesis on the reciprocal exchange within popular culture. ...

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This sculpture in the round, is unique to most of the Elamite art that we have record of. ... The most unique element of the Elamite culture is their importance of the mother figure. ... Bronze fertility goddesses of Kirinsha became popular. Also the emergence of showing gods in animal form became popular. ... Another popular aesthetic of the Elamites was pottery. ...

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But now, most girls are not afraid of expressing opinions about sex any more. ... And most of them are very confident and tend to accept different sexual orientations, thus, more homosexuals and bisexuals stand up to fight for their rights. ... Most of them are action films and films about simple love affairs. ... Nowadays, foreign films and music from America, Europe, Korea and Japan are more popular among Hong Kong youth. ... Recently, "sex and the city" becomes popular in Hong Kong. ...

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Wars over borders and ancient structures have been fought for centuries, and are one of the oldest and most popular issues for conflict. ... Though not as popular as land or religion, it is still a top reason for enticing a war. ... To most, money is power and power is control. ... In most cases, especially in the Middle East, there is a lot of innocent killing for revenge. ...

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Nostalgic writings were popular and authors wrote about the fading away of rural life in Canada. ... In the 1920's football, lacrosse, baseball, track an field, and hockey, were all very popular spectator sports. The Young Women's Christian Group (YWCA) encouraged women into playing sports as women's sports became more popular. The most successful team in competitive basketball was the Edmonton Grad's women's team, "w[inning] an astounding 502 out of 522 games, as well as winning four Olympic gold medals. ... Throughout the 1920's people fought for better wages, ...

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From clothes to coffee, food and movies, westernization is big and getting bigger worldwide. In China KFC is the most popular food franchise and Buick is the most selling car line. Yum Brands in China is opening a KFC store every day ("KFC's Explosive Growth in China," 2011). In the first place, fo...

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Shiloh was one of Mason's greatest and most noted works. The story is set in a small Kentucky town and contains persuasive allusions to popular culture. ... The most obvious example of Norma Jean's ritualistic efforts to create an impression of order, but such actions are only temporary measures. ...

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One of the most difficult concepts to understand in anthropological studies is the view of culture held by the 19th century evolutionary anthropologists. ... The 19th century popular view of the civilized was that of a moral force. ... Some of these things were technology, social organization, and most importantly culture. ... One of the most important concepts that surfaced during this time was data collection which allowed things to be proven wrong and right. ... Boas is most notable for his studies of cultural relativism. ...

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Frankenstein's monster, one of the most iconic and recognizable elements of modern pop culture, has managed to withstand time's difficult tests to remain just as popular and relevant today. ... Mary Shelley's story was so popular that Frankenstein is still relevant today, and has had numerous adaptions such as Frankenweenie....

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Négritude is a term much used after World War II in Europe and Africa. It embraces the revolt against colonialist values, glorification of the African past, and nostalgia for the beauty and harmony of traditional African society. It became most popular by the engagement of Leopold Sedar Senghor, t...

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If Sumner had a chance to read Tarzan of the Apes, he would most likely put it into the same category as the rest of the "non-sense tales." ... He might also include to some degree how the story itself proves what will happen to our culture if we let it stray into the jungle, or uncultured territory, but most likely he wont give it much more credit than any other unpractical story. ... An icon becomes popular in society, and then because of its fame, is picked apart for everything it's worth and dragged over the hot coals by critics. ... It did, however, become one of the most popular ...

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If Sumner had a chance to read Tarzan of the Apes, he would most likely put it into the same category as the rest of the "non-sense tales." ... He might also include to some degree how the story itself proves what will happen to our culture if we let it stray into the jungle, or uncultured territory, but most likely he wont give it much more credit than any other unpractical story. ... An icon becomes popular in society, and then because of its fame, is picked apart for everything it's worth and dragged over the hot coals by critics. ... It did, however, become one of the most popular ...

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Possibly one of the most captivating women of the twentieth century, Margaret Mead redefined and extended the field of anthropology, the science of human culture. ... It was at Barnard that she established what was perhaps the most important relationship of her life. ... Although both Bateson and her spent most of the second world war traveling on various anthropological missions for the U.S. government. ... A professor at Columbia University for most of her career, she also was a visiting professor at a number of impressive universities. ... By the 1960s, she appeared frequently on television...

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The cartoon Pokémon or Yu-Gi-Oh cards was very popular among the younger generations both originated from the Japanese. ... Further on popular culture, Japanese Anime and Manga have gained such widespread global attention, including Canada, to the extent that there are conventions held all over the world where fans dress up and socialize. ... Japan has managed to effectively share its most appealing elements with the outside world and continues to do so on a consistent and progressive basis. ... The embassy continues to play a significant role in continuously encouraging all of the afor...

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When reflecting on my own life I believe that the people that have played the most important roles have been my uncle Peter and My stepfather Michael. Through my experiences at my previous school, Emmaus College, I have learnt not to judge people by their appearance, how wealthy they are or by how "popular" they are. ...

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Firstly, the industry assumes that they are welcomed in these developing nations, where for the most part they are resented by the majority of the people. ... By exposing Indians to this globalized food culture they have drawn Indians away from their own heritage to a more generic "popular" culture. ...

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Multiculturalism has affected the food in our nation in the most amazing way. ... Thanks to multiculturalism we don't have to eat that every night and instead get the choice of the most amazingly different foods. ... Without these people Australia would not be known as one of the best sporting countries in the world and would not have its popular reputation. ... But for me the most significant part of multiculturalism is the skin shades. ... Now days it doesn't matter to most people. ...

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The homogenizing influences of westernization (or globalization) that are most often condemned are actually positive; globalization promotes integration and the removal not only of cultural barriers, but also of many of the negative dimensions of that culture. ... They might also rightly be seen as living artifacts, carried forward through the years by popular acceptance and unchallenged adherence to old ways. ... Most girls receive little information about the practice; when talking with one victim it is found she knows that "she is no longer a little girl, but that is all she understands." ...

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The acceptance and acknowledgement of cultural diversity is one among many reasons why the United States of America is not only popular as a tourist destination but successful in both business and trade. ... One thing I miss the most, is our lunch time together. ... The removal of most tribes from traditional lands to reservations in the semi-arid West cut them off from the source of many of their rituals....

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Year round, when approaching a Dodge dealership, a popular American automobile company, the first thing that catches an observer's eye is all the balloons and marketing decor. ... The lights in most cases stay in the same places with a symmetrical uncomplicated appearance. ... In addition, instead of orange signals most of the cars have clear lights. ...

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