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Leisure Activities Philadelphia Pa
597 wordsPeiss, Kathy. Cheap Amusements: Working Women and Leisure in Turn-of -the-Century New York (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1986). Kathy Peiss describes the leisure activities of young working women living in New York during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in her book Cheap Amusements. The book explores the emergence of a young female working class and the conflict the women encountered with the "Old World" traditions. Peiss also explores the commercialization of lei...
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Mass Production Hong Kong
531 wordsModern culture encourages mass production including the commercialization of animals and poeple. In the film Baraka, the effects of mass production and commercialization are contrasted in serene nature scenes and other scenes from today's busiest industrial cities. First of all, mass production is the manufacturing of goods in large quantities. Baraka shows several examples of this, the most memorable one takes place at a poultry factory in Hong Kong. The assembly line of baby chicks being tosse...
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American History Of Hip Hop Culture
1,378 wordsHip-hop culture developed during the seventies. Throughout its formation, the various elements were at some time or another, deemed unacceptable. Graffiti artists faced jail sentences, break dancing became illegal in some areas, and rap music has been severely criticized for various reasons. These elements were never analyzed in an oppositional manner until recently, however. Hip-hop culture represented the claiming of urban communities by the residents. Writers decorated the empty walls of thei...
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The Origins Of Hip Hop And Rap
1,025 words... n to the frightening demeanor of gangster rap. Although their lyrics seemed excessive and overly abrasive, N. W. A. provided America with a picture of the destitute conditions of the urban ghettos, and the dangerous lifestyle that many of the African American youth fell victim to as a result of their dire circumstances. In 1991, N. W. A. released their sophomore album Niggaz 4 Life, which sold 945, 000 copies in its first few weeks of release, and reached the number one position on the Billb...
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Popular Culture Future Generations
753 wordsAmerican Traditions of Civic Faith 1. Everyday we sit in our homes desiring goods and services that we do not need or may not even want, and discussing issues that have little or no importance to our lives other than to make small talk. Everyday we work hard to buy stuff that is better or at least equal to what society considers normal. We are fashioning ourselves to be boringly equal cogs in one giant corporate machine, and in turn, are losing our culture to business and propaganda. When a new ...
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Sporting Events Tobacco Ads
2,251 wordsSport Events (1) The essence of sporting activity has long ago lost its classical meaning. It ancient times, sports used to be thought of as just physical expression of peoples healthy mentality. The Olympic Games were originated in Greece in 776 BC. Back than, people were aware that it was necessary for the individual to have a harmony between his physical and mental health. This is why ancient Greeks used to revere the beauty of strong body in the same way they revered intelligence. However, i...
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Performance Enhancement Drugs In Sports
1,530 wordsPerformance-Enhancement Drugs in Sports The essence of sporting activity has long ago lost its classical meaning. It ancient times, sport used to be thought of as just physical expression of peoples healthy mentality. The Olympic Games were originated in Greece in 776 BC. Back than, people were aware that it was necessary for the individual to have a harmony between his physical and mental health. However, in our time, sport ceased to be a sport, in traditional sense of this word, and turned int...
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Las Vegas Space Exploration
1,002 wordsShoot For the Stars It seems that those, who love extreme and adventures, finally have a chance not only to settle into orbit being the guests on private space ships, but also to be guests in a real space hotel. Their dreams may come true due to Robert Bigelow, a well-known magnate from Los Angeles, who made a $ 500 million bet that not later than in 2015 his space hotel will open its doors and meet the first guests. Be it as it may, but the latest events show that the billionaire didnt joke. Th...
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One Hundred Years Point Of View
1,956 wordsAre subcultures ever a challenge to cultural hegemony? In order to figure out the essence of subculture, a definition of culture must be explored. Culture can be defined as: a) the integrated pattern of human behavior that includes thought, speech, action and artifacts and depends upon mans capability for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeed generations; b) the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious or social group. Subculture, consequently, is an e...
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Coca Cola Healthy Eating
1,664 words... right on the spot. As Axe advertisement suggests: When you wear you favorite scent of Axe shower gel, body spray or deodorant on any of your male hot zones, your new and improved male musk is released in the air, quickly reaching nearby females. Despite the cheer stupidity of such suggestion, Axe advertising campaign appeals to many teenagers who lack self-confidence. As a result, Axe is considered to be a highly demanded item. As practice shows, companies need to constantly work on improvin...
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Global Media Review Vol
3,026 wordsMedia Globalization Globalization of media needs to be discussed and thoroughly analyzed in order to foresee and to prevent its possible negative effects. The scientific community has split into opponents and proponents of globalization. The opponents claim that globalization is undemocratic and it is dangerous for cultural identity and national interests. The arguments pro state profitability and commercial benefits of this process. If public opinion clings to the opposition a new group of ques...
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Colleges And Universities Mike Rose
1,276 wordsEducation The idea of what liberal education to be all about is being in the state of transition at present time. Basically, we talk of two cardinally different academic approaches conservative and a modern one, which we usually associate with changes that had taken place within society since sixties. These changes are too numerous to be all mentioned in present work, let us just concentrate on how idea of college education has been altered, because of recent developments. The authors, whose wor...
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Events Of September 11 Perception Of The World
1,664 wordsAmerican Traditions of Civic Faith 1. Everyday we sit in our homes desiring goods and services that we do not need or may not even want, and discussing issues that have little or no importance to our lives other than to make small talk. Everyday we work hard to buy stuff that is better or at least equal to what society considers normal. We are fashioning ourselves to be boringly equal cogs in one giant corporate machine, and in turn, are losing our culture to business and propaganda. When a new ...
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Mothers And Fathers Turn Of The Century
583 wordsKathy Peiss describes the leisure activities of young working women living in New York during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in her book Cheap Amusements. The book explores the emergence of a young female working class and the conflict the women encountered with the " Old World" traditions. Peiss also explores the commercialization of leisure and the socialization of female leisure. The results of these changes brought about what Peiss calls: " cheap amusements....
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National Park Service Theodore Roosevelt
1,232 wordsMoney Mongers Keep Them Away From Our Parks The presidency of Ronald Reagan might have only lasted two terms, but it appears that it will be a long time before its impact is no longer felt. Since the Reagan Era there is a political trend of shifting responsibility away from the government to so-called private interests. Adopting this position today is literally politically correct for a politician, whether or not the politician is a democrat or republican. This notion of private interests is a l...
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Artificial Intelligence Marketing Strategy
954 wordsINTRODUCTION The Japanese have again burst into the technology industry with the introduction of their newest product, Aibo, the robotic pet dog. Aibo is a Japanese word short for companion, and it also stands for Artificial Intelligence Robot. This creature is able to navigate its environment and respond to changes. This highly innovative idea began back in 1994 when Toshi T. Doi, Sony Corporations lead engineer, enlisted an artificial intelligence expert named Masarhiro Fujita to formulate a r...
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