There’s More to a Pair of Jeans than You Thought Jeans are pants and a world icon for the casual look. It has been so far for decades. I t is known for its comfort and many different styles of fitting. It’s now available in many different colours but perhaps the most famous one is blue jeans. There’s more to a pair of jeans than you thought. Most of you probably think that jeans are just made in factories by machines‚ but that is certainly not the case. For starters‚ the brass wire that makes
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Joann Harris Professor Morales Sociology 101 10 July 2010 Cultural Artifact Essay Cultural Artifacts are found all over from generation to generation. The cultural artifact that has stood out in my life is the Holy Bible. The Bible has been a cultural artifact in my family since before I was born. My choice of the Bible is because of how I was raised and what I was taught while I was growing up‚ and it was to live my life according to the words of the bible. It has taught me to have
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read because sometimes I cannot get all of the information from just a picture. For this project‚ I showed in pictures and in words what I was trying to express in my paper. I did my remix project on my second paper‚ which was the cultural artifact. My cultural artifact was the evil eye. I was looking through a magazine‚ while I was thinking about this project and I saw an evil eye in the magazine. It clicked I was like I have to write about the evil eye. So I thought about it as to how I should
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A cultural artifact is an item that can display crucial information about the society that made or used it. An item can qualify as a cultural artifact‚ if it portrays evidence of either political‚ social‚ or religious organization of the specific people or community that it belongs to (Yelnick‚ "Cultural Artifact"‚ 2015). In my case‚ the cultural artifact chosen to display the western society is That 70’s Show. That ‘70’s Show was a comedy about a group of teen-aged friends living in Point Place
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In 1873 blue jeans were invented by a well known man named Levi Strauss. Blue jeans became popular for farmers and workers‚ because they were tougher and less likely to rip. Many Americans wore jeans for comfort‚ too. A 24-year-old German immigrant named Levi Strauss departed from New York with little supply of dry materials. He also had the intention of opening an extension of his brother’s New York business that he was bringing to San Francisco. Strauss did not want to be a prospector‚ so he decided
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The Humanism of Cultural Artifacts in the Renaissance The Renaissance had many great accomplishments toward the rebirth of ideas‚ communication‚ artistry and beliefs. Humanism in the Renaissance was seen all over Europe beginning in Italy in the 14th Century showing a revival of the cultural arts. A few of the greatest influences are seen of The School of Athens‚ the paintings in the Sistine Chapel‚ and the statue of David. Humanism in the Renaissance cultivated great intellectual movement. It
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How High Cultural Artifact Analysis In this paper‚ I will explore how the movie How High reinforces racial and classist stereotypes associated with African Americans. I will then discuss how the use of these stereotypes diminishes hope for African Americans who would like to go to college. How High is about two African American males who decide to smoke magical marijuana before taking college entrance exams. This marijuana enables them to score very well on the exam and thus get accepted to many
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“Blue Jeans” by Fred Davis talks about denim jeans‚ their creation about 700 years ago‚ and how since then this item of apparel has served as a form of expression. Jeans were and still are made from sturdy indigo- dyed cotton cloth. Before the 60’s one did not see blue jeans on everyone‚ in the 30’s and 40’s painters and artist were the main consumers‚ and in the 50’s the denim trend spread to hoodlums and motorcyclist. Not until the 60’s did jeans become universally worn‚ crossing all genders‚ ages
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people. Within a culture you can find the symbols‚ codes‚ characters‚ and artifacts that together have designed a bigger picture- a way of life. An artifact in a cultural context is anything created by a human that reflects his or her personal culture. In order to exemplify this essay’s point I will focus on a living cultural artifact that I think depicts present day American Culture most fully: the discount superstore. The American superstore Walmart is currently the most profitable business in the world
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represented by its artifacts shared by people in their society. Culture‚ according to John Bodley in‚ “An Anthropological Perspective From Cultural Anthropology: Tribes‚ States‚ and the Global System‚” is composed of at least “three components: what people think‚ what they do‚ and the material products they produce(paragraph 5).”Artifacts are material products produced by people can either be an abandoned object or one still in use. Artifacts that are still in use are called living artifacts. I believe
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