Wiltz's purpose was to tell how people look towards pop. culture in order to seek , especially after a tragedy. ... Its as if Wiltz is trying to be serious in order to get the reader to believe how pop culture breaks the ice to stay relevant and to make sure to not unsettle anybody after a tragedy. ... In the next section "comfort in continuity" her tone shifts from "earnest" to "humorous", making fun of the way pop culture wants people to feel better. ... Its as if her point is in her tone, people don't want to feel bad while a tragedy just occurred, so...

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POP MUSIC HAS IT RIGHT America is the land of opportunity. Children are raised and taught that America is the best and they can do whatever they want. At this moment, our country is in a very good place. Although our economy is struggling slightly, we are at war and war seems like a logical way ...

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The 1960's affected politics and the economy but above all society and social culture. Music more or less created the hippie culture. ... The Beatles changed rock "n roll and created pop music as they quickly became the trendsetters of America. ... They helped to reshape Rock "n roll into "Rock music" that was capable of introducing serious social issues into the mainstream of American culture, thus, becoming "Pop music" and not just mere commercial entertainment (Holland 46). ... Pop music culture, as we know it today, was created by Beatles. ...

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Popular culture is a living thing... it mutates, grows, adapts, and other biological junk. ... Below are presented several different scenarios as to what could possibly happen should a MAJOR (not a quickie like the Gulf War) hypothetical armed conflict rage once again. 1) Corporations start pumping out more and more pre-fabricated pop acts. ... But I doubt it. 2) Pre-fabricated pop acts discover the creative process. ... 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...

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They became isolated in their new "home" and were deprived of support from their shared customs and culture (Do 41). ... Although having to leave their birth country behind, Vietnamese immigrants did not abandon their indigenous culture. ... It is true that to move forward as a nation, one has to preserve ones own culture and heritage in the adopted land. ... Preserving the culture not only consolidates their ethnic identity, but also integrates the Vietnamese Diaspora into the U.S popular culture, bridging the two cultures and nations. ... It creates a sense of identity and cultur...

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One large aspect of the culture of the counterculture was drugs. ... One of the largest and most well known times during the counterculture that exemplified a lot about the hippie culture in the summer of 1967 was the Summer of Love. ... Another important part of the counterculture culture, way of life, and something that was involved in all the events and movements was music. ... Theirs and others music became one of the shaping elements of the culture of the counterculture. Music really allowed many of different elements of the culture to come all together. ...

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However, there were various counter cultures that grew from this mistrust and paranoia. ... Thus, the economy was greatly influenced by the prominent pop culture figures of the time. Fashion in the 1950s was influenced by the pop culture stars of the era. ... Pop culture began to target this new, marketable social group; movies, music, and literature started to define their roles and their fashion tastes. ... Rock-n-roll inspired widespread change in all areas of culture, including the fashions. ...

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Pop cans were turned into bombs and the greedy merchants that lived for money were not only selling our troops faulty and inferior goods there were stealing our information to help the Viet Cong at the expense of money. ... I think to an extent the film would be healing after these short years because the film shows both cultures interacting positively and they are open to each other. ...

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One of his men went down into the tunnel, after a while the soldier didn't pop up and Cross without warning thought of "the stress fractures, the quick collapse, the two of them buried alive under all that weight. ... Literature & Theology: An International Journal of Religion, Theory, and Culture 23.2 (June 2009): 220-233. ...

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From the beginning of recorded history music in some form or other has told the story of life and its beauty, wonder, struggles, and causes. From the love between a man and a woman to the oppression of people, music and song have been supplying the soundtrack to life. Music has a tendency to questio...

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