Many scholars have attempted to identify the paradoxical positioning of the Balkan region or simply Balkans. The Balkans are geographically part of Europe‚ but conceptually excluded from the Western European political and economic sphere as well as culture‚ beliefs and values. The “Balkan construction” was part of the Western Hegemonic discourse and it has been seen as a ‘remote area’ - the dark and barbaric side of Europe. The typical Western – created the concept for Balkans reflect stereotypes such
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white male rapper‚ Justin Timberlake who sings rhythm and blues‚ and Katy Perry are just a few celebrities who have been criticized for stealing music‚ and clothing from the black culture. M and M is known across the United States‚ as one of the best rappers. Rap and hip hop is one of things that defines black culture‚ yeta white male is considered one of the best. Before rap grew into one of the top selling music genres‚ many people hated it. They claimed it was not a true talent and would amount
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What Commercials have done to the American Dream In the article “Master of Desire” Jack Solomon claims the American dream has two faces that contradict the dream and lures us to achieve social distinction and bask alone in the glory. Although this article was written in the 80’s when it comes to advertisement nothing has changed in the aspect that advertisers can still persuade us into believing that their product will make our life better. The two faces that are mentioned are communally
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David Miller Creative Fundraising Think Piece – Changes in the Television Industry Introduction Television has been around long enough that it has undergone many radical changes‚ but as with many other prominent industries‚ it had its humble beginnings. While the actual physical set was invented decades before‚ the industry itself did not really begin until the 1950’s. This is when the television set first became a commercial product that anyone could own‚ just like the radio‚ and when the
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How does social media affect the creation of news article in an American culture? In the twenty-first century‚ more than half of the world’s population spend most of their time online surfing the internet. Each person who spend a lot of time on the internet owns at least one social media account in the cyber world. The cyber world consists of many different websites but the most frequently used are facebook‚ twitter‚ and youtube and these websites all originate from the United States and happened
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and the American wilderness liked and respected Native Americans. They even interbred with them and sold them guns‚ which was very often illegal. Traders had a special status in Native American society. A trader could travel thousands of miles in his canoe without once being robbed or molested. Contrast that with Europe‚ where anyone from another town was fair game. However‚ the English settlers‚ after a very brief period of good relations in Massachusetts‚ came to loathe Native Americans. There
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* You are the news director of a local television station. The city council has just voted to close city parks 3 days a week to save money. Meanwhile‚ a major celebrity has died. The park story has greater effect on your viewers‚ but the celebrity death will get bigger ratings? Which do you make your lead story and why? For some unknown reason‚ news has become more than a center of information. It has become the platform of entertainment. Ratings have increased when the news includes celebrity highlights
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The culture of Latin America isn’t just fondly influenced by African roots but the foundation of some countries including the countries of Haiti‚ Mexico‚ and Peru. Haitians combine Catholicism with Vodou‚ a religion in which is cemented in Haitian heritage and can be taken all the way back to Africa. Through this religion their founding fathers found strength‚ courage‚ organization‚ and leadership to free themselves from the French. Before the Haitians revolted they had a Vodou ceremony in which
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He did not pick up any American rats. He adapted to a new environment‚ but he still remained true to himself. He did not change one bit to fit in. He understood the culture but he did not pick up any new habits or attempt to resemble American culture. I do believe that pluralism existed because he attempted to maintain both American & Haitian ideas at a point but he was not necessarily focused on becoming americanized. Even
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wearing a jewel in between her eyebrows and appropriating Hinduism at the same time. Culture appropriation has become a common issue in the 21st century fashion world. Culture appropriation is when a more dominant culture takes a significant element from another culture (usually minority) and represents it in a negative context (Fager). Symbolizing the element negatively can be damaging and dishonoring the culture the ritual is taken from (Fager). A bindi is an ornamental mark worn in the middle of
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