Popular culture

family of a different culture than yours? The Chinese narrator of “Fish Cheeks” celebrated Christmas Eve dinner with a United States family. The diverse cultures become evident throughout the short story. Culture diversity only makes one’s culture more unique. The diversity between Chinese and United States culture is unique and is easily shown in “Fish Cheeks.” Chinese customs, traditions, and popular holiday food differ greatly from United States customs, traditions, and popular holiday food.…

Popular culture is all of the ideas, thoughts, attitudes, and opinions established within a given culture and is targeted to influence the behaviors and trends within it. Being constantly surrounded with social media, pop culture is bound to affect our everyday lives and change how we view the world. Popular culture greatly reflects our societies values because it is made up of our beliefs and thoughts. While there are many things that American society values, individualism is definitely one of…

divergent cultural values between popular music and the individual. Lorde recognises the accumulating trend for artists to promote a lifestyle of excess consumption. Her themes relate the shift of popular culture to valorise wealth, power and hedonistic behaviour. Effective use of imagery highlights the disparity of the personal experience and the lifestyle expressed in Hip-Hop and Rap. This essay will thus explore how Royals reflects the representation of materialism in popular music. ‘Royals’…

American products and habits are harmful to China With the developments of network technology and globalization as well as the growing diversity of culture (Brawley, 2008, p.11), the influences of American products and habits are increasing day by day. In China, the popular culture of the United States is popular with many Chinese people, especially the younger generation (Ryan, Chen & Saich, 2014, p.101). Although there are also many worthy scientific technologies of American products and…

are exposed to different cultures, they may choose to ignore their own customs and follow the traditions of what they see instead. This creates a single, popular monoculture. There are differing views as to whether a monoculture is beneficial or harmful. One perspective is that a common global identity should…

have died each year and welcome their spirits back. The tradition lasts for three days and each day has a special meaning and purpose. This day has been shaped by their own traditions, the traditions of other cultures that influenced Mexico throughout the years, and also by popular culture and globalization. The most influential portion of The Day of the Dead is the food that is prepared with their loved ones in mind. No matter what, the families are always sure to save money for food and…

The influence of overseas developments in television on Australian culture and identity during that decade. History/Intro – TV began in 195X Advertising – coke, sunglasses TV Shows – sesame street, moon landing 1969 Personalities – elvis, beatles, catch phrases? Conclusion INTRODUCTION The 1960s was period of time that saw great changes in Australian society due to the evolution of popular culture. During the 1960s, technological advances allowed American and British cultural influences to…

title of the collection. Each piece is interconnected and has some relevance to the story of Indigenous culture and its survival of the state’s attempts to assimilate or destroy the history and ways of life of the many Indigenous groups within what is now considered Canadian borders. The discourse that surrounds this narrative is one which has begun to bubble up more in popular Canadian culture; the rejection of Canada 150 and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission are both examples of how many…

order to fit in. In the last two centuries, these social elites and their institutions are collectively referred to as popular culture. Popular culture projects increasingly impossible-to-reach standards of living, which can, consequently, detract from the satisfaction one has for themselves when they cannot meet these trends’ demands. In “Break”, Dorianne Laux addresses popular culture’s negative effect on the average person relative to happiness and satisfaction with living conditions.…

products, do these trends sound familiar? These have become some of the most popular trends over the past ten years, unfortunately they are all forms of cultural appropriation. One of the most popular controversies to face this generation is the point where cultural appreciation becomes cultural appropriation. The definition of cultural appropriation is “the adoption or use of elements of one culture by members of a different culture” although the definition is loose since it could also be used…