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    Crash is the story of racial tension among different people and how their lives are effected and intertwined through each other’s action. This movie is about how society influences and shapes people actions therefore shaping their interactions. We shift perspective between the various characters and see how their lives are effected differently by aspects of society and how their action ultimately effect each other and society as a whole. The story starts off with a Asian woman arguing with the

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    most drastic changes came in the last 50 – 60 years. Communication has changed from people struggling to communicate over long distances to now we can virtually talk to anyone at any corner of the Earth. But it was not the same always‚ during 1950s and 60’s was the era of revolution of communication i.e. such as telephonic answering machines created by Bell Laboratories and Western Electronics. Even though it was not affordable for most of the people and telephonic communication was also not possible

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    Music In The 1950's

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    history‚ music has always played a great role in culture. Music has always influenced the way people think and act but when the 1950´s arrived music played even a greater role in people’s lifestyle and as the decades went on music kept becoming more and more popular and it is now one of the biggest industries and influences in the world. Music doesn’t only changes people´s mood. It goes beyond that‚ Music reflects society on a much deeper level because it mirrors the attitudes of its time. Society

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    tension in the 1920's

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    life was profitable during the post war economy boom. However not everyone could be pleased with this shift into modern practices. The 1920s was a period of tension between the push for modernity and the struggle to maintain traditional values. This tension was present particularly in the economic‚ social‚ and political realms. The tension between old and new was relevant in the social lives of Americans mainly due to the backlash from Nativists and the Ku Klux Klan (which had reemerged stronger

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    1959‚ painted on the backdrop of racial tension in their community after a black family moves in across the street‚ Suburbicon tells the story of a family that looks perfect only on the outside. A violent faked home invasion leads to the death of Rose Lodge‚ and her husband Gardner Lodge has to try to rebuild his life and cover up the truth about her planned murder. Rose’s sister Margaret moves in shortly after her death to help take care of Nicky‚ their son‚ but he senses her intentions are not

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    Complacent In The 1950's

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    idea of “change” was most likely coming second to a lot of people. Many families just wanted their old lives back‚ the ones that were before the wars. That I believe held many people to be complacent at the end of the 1940’s and throughout the 1950s. However‚ in the 1960’s and 1970’s a new generation had emerged. One

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    Consumerism In The 1950's

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    The 1950s was an exciting time for many‚ the war was over and the economy began to flourish once more. Men were back home and ready to work and women were back to doing their womanly duties again (cooking and cleaning) this reflected the social position of the women following the war. The 1950s was all about family and being home and the clothing changed because of it. Women were back at home no longer needing to work and wearing clothing that would prevent them from doing anything but womanly tasks

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    created corporate expansion and jobs. Growth everywhere. The baby boom was underway... The purpose of this web and library guide is to help the user gain a broad understanding and appreciation for the culture and history of the fabulous fifties (1950s). In a very small way‚ this is a bibliographic essay. While there is no way we can link to everything‚ we have attempted to find areas of special interest and to select information that we hold dear today - ART & ARCHITECTURE: "Painting is a

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    Consumerisum in the 1950's

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    media (mainly TV)‚ led to the emergence of a whole new market‚ teenagers. In Roland Marchand ’s “Visions of Classlessness” and Kelly Schrum’s “Making the American Girl”‚ the authors discuss the factors such as‚ effects of television‚ mass consumption‚ and increased income‚ which led to this new markets and some of the problems that came from it. In “Visions of Classlessness”‚ the main point that Marchand ’s make is that after WW II American people envisioned a society where class was no longer an issue

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    Housewife In The 1950's

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    In the 1950s women were getting married incredibly young‚ having children‚ and becoming housewives. They woke up‚ fed and dressed their children‚ sent them to school‚ cleaned the house‚ went to club activities with their children‚ made dinner‚ then repeated it all the next day. Eventually‚ women started to feel that they were stuck in a glass cage. There was a whole world right outside their window‚ but they could not have any of it. They were told that being a housewife was everything they should

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