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Fiske: Popular Culture Is "A Site Of Struggle"

Jerry Springer is to corrupt the fragile balance that already exists between and among families and friends, all in the name of en...

Dual Career Couples

This 5 page paper examines gender roles in families where both partners work. The writer explores issues such as division of house...

The History of Black America as a Component of American History

5 pages and 3 sources. This paper outlines the different elements of Black American history, with a focus on the significant role...

The Impact of DNA Testing on Racial/Ethnic Classifications A View of the Native American

10 pages and 10 sources. This paper provides an overview of the use of DNA testing to maintain racial/ethnic classifications, inc...

Thelma and Louise Movie from a Sociological Perspective

In five pages this paper discusses sociological concepts and gender roles' portrayal within the contexts of this 1991 film. Two s...

Changing Gender Roles

about in the womens movement. This phenomenon might be called the "Bachelor (or widowed) Father" decade. Television producers, ma...

Housework and The Role of Women

the amount of time spent on household and family chores, which remained twice the level of the men (ABS Australian Social Trends, ...

Cinema and Sexuality

crisis of Lester Burnham, a subplot provides a telling commentary on way that homosexuality has been perceived in this culture. Th...

Hunter Thompson/Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

downers, screamers, (and) laughers (Thompson 4). Additionally, their arsenal against sober perception also includes "a quart of te...

Post Revolutionary American and the Roles Played by Native Americans and African Americans

extent of freedom. With more and more populations becoming indigenous by virtue of their longevity in America, a blending of cult...

Popular Culture and the Influence of TV News

scientists, parents and educators are becoming more and more concerned about the influence television has on the lives of American...

1970s' Art and Urban Change Reflections

been seen were though of as to sophisticated and complex, appeal to the elite and to abstract from every day meaning. Two of the m...

Society, Weight, and Popular Culture

and 1990s, "the percentage of Americans suffering from an eating disorder has doubled, according to the U.S. Public Health Service...

Analysis of Alan Lightman's “The Diagnosis”

has a serious neurological breakdown of his own. Bill has a sudden and disturbing memory loss - he is unable to remember the name...

Mass Media's Impact on Society According to Postmodernism

the mass media has become one of the strongest players in that interaction. While many human traits are inherited genetically, ot...

Popular Culture Violence, Superficiality, and Obscenity

it is directed. In this "information age" of the 21st century, the manipulation of information, regardless of how it is presented...

TV Comparisons of Friends and Three's Company

democrat and one-time peanut farmer Jimmy Carter became president, there were significant differences in attitudes among the older...

The Origins of Baseball Terminology

are the batter being on deck or in the hold. The ocean is not the only place that baseball owes its colorful vocabulary to. Appar...

Popular Culture and Electronic Media

brought the outside world in, thus ultimately changing how people felt about their world and how people saw their world. As radi...

Politics and Cultural Values

the political correctness that goes along with it have won out. This triumph is concerning to say the least. Weyrich (17) warns,...

Hollywood vs. America by Michael Medved

In six pages this paper examines the conflict between Hollywood and popular culture as considered in the text by film critic Micha...

Harley Davidson Motorcycles and Their Influence

In five pages this paper examines the popular culture influence of Harley Davidson motorcycles. Ten sources are cited in the bibl...

Culture of Turkey

In 8 pages this paper on the culture of Turkey includes a discussion of popular music, juvenile crime, and prisons. There are 5 ...

Popular Religion Conceptually Defined

In five pages this paper conceptually defines what is meant by popular religion in an historical overview of ancient Greece and We...

Ron Padgett's Poetic 'Treasures'

In six pages this paper discusses the popular culture impact of Ron Padgett's poetry. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....

Popular Culture and Media Portrayals of Child Abuse

The ways in which popular culture and the media publicly portray child abuse are considered in this literature review consisting o...

Pop Culture and Pop Art According to Jean Baudrillard

In ten pages this research paper examines how popular culture and art is aesthetically assessed by French social commentator Jean ...

Contextual Approach to Media Criticism in 'Star Wars' and 'Jaws'

This is an historical research paper of 8 pages that discusses the impact these films had on popular culture, economics, technolog...

Popular Culture and Sound Synthesizers

In six pages this paper discusses the historical impact of electronic music on popular culture. Four sources are cited in the bib...

Feminist and Marxist Perspectives on Pop Culture

material conditions and may be equated with historical materialism ("Exploration," 1992). They emphasize the economic value of wo...