Popular culture studies

Cultural Globalisation is influenced by the distribution of products and ideas that reflect a standardisation of cultural expressions through out the world. Propelled by the efficient of popular culture and international travel, globalisation has become a massive trend towards homogeneity that will make experiences the same everywhere. Major causes for globalisation are improved transport that makes global travel easier and improved technology that makes global communications easier. In 1946, it…

Aboriginalism which refers to a discourse - a formal discussion, a way to know about the Aboriginal people and culture. Within this discourse, there are 3 independent forms to know about the Aboriginalism: Aboriginal studies; the distinction between ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ and the corporate institutions that govern the Aborigines. Firstly, with regard to Aboriginal studies, all knowledge about the Aboriginal culture, including research and display, is written by non-indigenous people and dominantly by…

Aboriginal understood that each individual had an equal fundamental worth. For the Indigenous there was no role that was understood as bigger or more important, the roles of the men and women were complimentary to each other. This is the kind of culture that the Europeans encountered, which was very different from their patriarchy society; where the man held authority over women and children. Being able to see the difference in the two societies, it understandable that when contact happened…

begin by presenting the background to the sailing letters, which are kept in the National Archives (Kew, UK), indicating their socio-historical linguistic value and illustrating some cases. They also reveal the problems they faced before being able to study the linguistic data in a fruitful manner. Additionally, they clarify the Letters as Loot-corpus. Moreover, van…

consisted of Jazz, Ballet and Modern (The Katherine Dunham Center for the Arts and Humanities). She brought the ethnic and cultural dances she learned from the West Indies and the Caribbean culture to the United States where she created her own technique. Due to the dance world being largely influenced by “white culture”, she wanted to show the world that there are other styles that are just as beautiful and technical as Jazz, Ballet and Modern. Thus the Dunham technique was born. Her technique…

situations. These kinds of movies are easier to do as compared to those that need various effects. They require real places for the setting and minimal fancy things to make the scenes seem real. In the newer version of The Parent Trap, differences in culture of the twins was depicted by making one of them a typical American child and the other one a more conservative British child. For the dialogues, the actors used simple English. Transitions for the movie are sudden and there are no lag…

interpret ourselves and those around us. In the world we live in today as young Americans, we, as students have been exposed to an innumerable amount of situations that expose us to the diversity that is, in this day in age, what can be called American culture. Diversity has many different definitions, that can vary depending on each individual's perspective. Although the definitions can vary, people studying sociology and sociologist can…

the Musical Cultures of Zimbabwe and America For hundreds of years, cultures all across the globe have practiced gender discrimination. It is prevalent in every country, and both men and women have felt its sting. As Claire Jones writes, “It should be evident by now that few constructs of culture are free of gender bias” (127). One specific cultural concept containing gender bias is music, both traditional and modern. The mbira culture of the Shona in Zimbabwe and the musical culture of America…

The study of literary merit appeared to be a study of questions. Finding answers to these questions as a senior in high school seemed challenging and maybe just a bit too ambitious. I was pulled down a rabbit hole. The swirling mass of ideas, questions, and conclusions continually contorting and transforming themselves into the most dizzying of arrays. After I found my footing at the bottom of the hole I looked around and saw that what had pulled me down was what I saw at the bottom, questions.…

friezes and determines the purpose and relevance of them. To understand why the vase was created and who was intended to view it, Rasmussen analyzes the vase in an archeological manner. He then determines who the artist is by using fundamentals of the study of art history. To analyze specific scenes to determine whether they are literal or symbolic, he uses ecological cues. Finally, a foundational knowledge of Greek mythology helps him to determine what the scene is and how it is depicted.…