Brad Weiss’s ethnographic research on popular culture‚ hanging out in barbershops and bus stands‚ seamstress tables and video halls‚ was carried out in the northern Tanzanian city of Arusha. In “Street Dreams and Hip Hop Barber Shops” Weiss does a great job observing the everyday life of the people in Arusha. He explores how globalization and neoliberalism affect the mindset of a community and shows the reader how gender role‚ media‚ and self-fashioning can play a big role in a person life. Weiss’s
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the blending of cultures in Malay music‚ the Westernisation of traditional Malay music‚ and the emergence of modern Malay pop music. Upon analysis of our research findings‚ we observed one overarching general trend in the changes to Malay music in Malaysia‚ being the growth in diversity of Malay music. Diversity is observed in terms of variety of genre‚ the messages transmitted through the music and the instruments utilized in the production of the music. Blending of Cultures Within Genres of
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objectified‚ a tense mood being created as the live models return to the viewer’s’ gaze while performing. “Beauty is an intent which society deals with and beauty creates shame” –Beecroft. Lee wens issues and interests include identity and Asian culture. Wen works from the cultural frame in his choice of subject matter‚ Postmodern in his methods and challenging of traditions as well as ideas and Structural in his use of objects‚ colour and symbols. Wen works in the form of installations using his
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in the West Greg M. Smith Asian Cinema 13.2 (Fall/Winter 2002) 115-28 Most of us who write about films may as well relax and confess that we know nothing at first hand about Japanese movie production; that all we have as data has come to us from press-sheets‚ from quick consultations with the nearest Japanese bystander‚ or. . . whatever we have been able to find useful in the way of analogy and of seeing the "unaccredited" performances of Kabuki. - Vernon Young (1955: 416) When Rashomon
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Kids Love Hip-Hop Many people have a connection to hip-hop that goes beyond simple pop culture consumerism. Some youth who identify with hip-hop identify with more than just music or entertainment. And‚ acceptance of hip-hop as mainstream popular culture has “radically altered the racial landscape” and in the way that young Americans are processing race. Instead of stark racial divisions in popular culture‚ the popularity of hip hop has created a much more fluid situation. “But hip-hop music
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Homogenisation v.s. hybridisation Homogenisation in the context of hip-hop refers to artists around the globe subscribing to a global popular culture in their music‚ names and dress fashion in a process sometimes termed “Americanisation” (Omoniyi‚ 2006). Thus‚ in this interpretation of hip-hop it is not regarded as unique‚ but rather as simply reproducing American culture in other parts of the world‚ and furthermore an example of cultural imperialism (Dennis‚ 2006). In contrast‚ hybridisation refers
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during Television Viewing Affect Preschool Children’s Intake? Journal of the American Dietetic Association‚ 106‚ 598-600. Grossberg‚ Lawrence‚ Wartella‚ Ellen‚ Whitney‚ D. Charles‚ & Wise‚ J. Macgregor. (2006). Media Making Mass Media in a Popular Culture. Thousand Oakes: SAGE Publications. Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (2004). The Role of Media in Childhood Obesity. Retrieved October 28‚ 2009‚ from www.kff.org/entmedia/.../The-Role-Of-Media- in-Childhood-Obesity.pdf Peregrin‚ Tony Schneider
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motivated by genuine desires to protect Canadian culture? In all nations worldwide‚ we all know the power of print media like magazine can do in terms of spreading news and changing lifestyle and culture of citizens. Therefore the Canadian government was well aware and mindful about the fact that using magazine is an easiest way to introduce pop culture to their citizens which will progressively affect the Canadian culture. The spreading of the pop culture forces the CanadiaN government in the 1920’s
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Contributions to Indian Sociology http://cis.sagepub.com/ Introduction: Honouring Patricia Uberoi Satish Deshpande‚ Nandini Sundar and Amita Baviskar Contributions to Indian Sociology 2010 44: 1 DOI: 10.1177/006996671004400201 The online version of this article can be found at: http://cis.sagepub.com/content/44/1-2/1 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Contributions to Indian Sociology can be found at: Email Alerts: http://cis.sagepub
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intellectual and the elitist press does not mean that it is not popular. The reality of reality television is that it is popular with millions of viewers across the world - and it is not hard to see why. Reality television is simply the 21st century version of soap operas and game shows - or rather a combination of the two. These genres of television have also been criticized for being morally empty and constituting a dumbing down of culture but there has never been a call to ban them. More importantly
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