García-Canclin interrogates how could be possible that popular cultures have been excluded from research on hegemony and state‚ social change‚ and development in a continent in which masses have been decisive in revolutions. Two crisis have lead to study popular cultures: first‚ the crisis of hegemony and the epistemological crisis. “The exhaustion of economistic paradigms that fail to account for the cultural bases of power‚ and the non-economic necessities that mobilize peoples” (p. 467). García-Canclini
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The Rules of Football Football is one of the most popular sports in American history and culture. Whether a person’s favorite team is the Dallas Cowboys or the Denver Broncos the rivalry of football seems to never cease. Almost everyone knows about football Sunday. But some people only see the game as a violent‚ unpredictable sport that can only cause harm to the boys that decide to play. Some mothers dread their child going on the field. They worry about concussions and other major injuries that
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Week four Discussion Questions Luis A. Resto Perez University of Phoenix Introduction to Popular American Culture SOC/105 Juan Gonzalez December 05‚ 2012 Week four Discussion Questions What specific beliefs‚ actions‚ and types of relationships do reality television shows encourage? Provide an example and explain your answer. Jersey shoes is a program that the only thing you can learn is sex‚ drink alcohol and dance‚ this program only teaches everyone that if you want live a perfect
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films of the decade‚ and a number of prominent musicians died of drug overdoses (see 27 Club). There was a growing interest in Eastern religions and philosophy‚ and many attempts were made to found communes‚ which varied from supporting free love to religious puritanism. Music British Invasion: The Beatles arrive at John F. Kennedy International Airport‚ 7 February 1964 "The 60′s were a leap in human consciousness. Mahatma Gandhi‚ Malcolm X‚ Martin Luther King‚ Che Guevara‚ Mother Teresa‚ they
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world‚ through which you can express your personality‚ your social status‚ and your ideas. To choose clothes is to define and describe ourselves. [Lurie ‚ The Language of Clothes‚ 1981] In all societies clothing is part of the culture. In current western society‚ pop culture reigns in fashion. All the way from couturiers like the Dior or de la Renta house in expensive boutiques‚ to designers like Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger‚ names we see in department stores like Nordstrom and Meier and Frank
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As most Americans are aware‚ sex sells just about anything from Pepsi to Victoria’s Secret underwear. Perhaps the greatest argument of our time is the recent indictment of sex and violence on television. Political groups lined up to do battle over the salacious content on the television. Whether it’s graphic violence‚ or steamy sex‚ the widest held opinion is that television in the last 10 years has increased the presence of violent criminals in America. Controversy erupted because of the amount
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through empirical observation coupled with scientific methodology.[5] Thousands of stories relating to paranormal phenomena are found in popular culture‚ folklore‚ and the recollections of individual subjects.[6] In contrast‚ the scientific community‚ as referenced
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Baseball and American Popular Culture Baseball is an integral part of American pop culture. Many Americans grow up with baseball‚ playing it before they can even count all the bases. It is glorified‚ taught‚ and fed to us. When we play baseball‚ we find a respect for the game. The respect we gain from playing it has turned the game into a tradition of American culture. It has formed itself into the business of professional baseball‚ namely major league baseball. Professional players have become
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such as television and the internet‚ have globalised into an internationally recognised franchise. By definition‚ a popular culture has four characteristics; they are associated with commercial products‚ develop from a local to international scale‚ allow consumers to have widespread access to it‚ and are constantly changing and evolving. The Wiggles can be classified as a popular culture due to its conforming to these characteristics. The group conforms to these characteristics by having much associated
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Gayathiri Ramasamy 13 July 2013 Analysis of Facebook as a Popular Culture Do you ever imagine one day we encounter the worldwide blackout just like in Revolution‚ an American post apocalyptic science fiction drama? There is no electricity‚ internet or computer. Can you survive without all this equipment? I believe more than fifty percent of people would say no. Especially in this so-called “E-World‚” we‚ humans‚ are too dependent on computers‚ internet and so on. As a regular social
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