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Popularity of the South Park Television Series

People are tired of it and when they see a character who is able to say what they have always wanted to say, then they applaud the...

Jenkins' and Massumi's Look at Popular Culture

let the media do what it wants. Another question looms large. How does politics invade the culture? It seems that today, politics ...

The Wife of Bath Examined Critically

which also includes the tales of the Friar, Summoner, Clerk, Merchant, Squire and Franklin and consist of tales or perceptions rel...

The Philippines and Indonesia and Their Treatment of Islam

He was so devout in his beliefs, that eventually he caused the downfall of the Majapahit kingdom, which had been very powerful.7 ...

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...

Popular Music and the Effects of Technology

to downplay the drawbacks and imperfections of the recording medium. Naturally, this fact influenced what music was selected for r...

Fads and Media Influence

Media and Fads As mentioned, the notion that women need to be incredibly skinny is one trend, or fad, that is deeply imbedded in...

Nineteenth Century Actors Edwin Forrest and Edwin Thomas Booth

plays. "In the Midwest from 1800 to 1840, Shakespeares plays were more frequently staged than those of any other dramatist. After ...

A Review of the Article Fasting Girls The Emerging Ideal Of Slenderness In American Culture

of sexual content gives children the wrong impression with regard to morals and values. Indeed, it can readily be argued how the ...

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...

Swirszczynska's A Conversation Through the Door

is presumably a nurse, and the nurse arrives at an individuals house at five in the morning: "At five in the morning/ I knock on h...

A Review of the Poem Burbank with a Baedeker Bleistein with a Cigar by T.S. Eliot

"The rats are underneath the piles," (Eliot 22) in combination with things such as "Money in furs. The boatman smiles" (Eliot 24) ...

Imaginations of Emily Starr and Pippi Longstocking

In five pages this paper discusses how crises are surmounted by the imaginations of these popular children's literature heroines. ...

An Analysis of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Novel, A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings

side show exhibit, looking to make money, only to lose interest in the angel. This simple synopsis offers us an incredible arra...

Electoral Process Advantages in U.S. Presidential Elections

the Constitution of the United States met in Philadelphia in 1787 for the constitutional convention they had already lived under a...

Speaking Editorially

on Girls. She states that it is ironic that they had already chosen the title for this issue before the attacks on the World Trade...

Increased Popularity of Leasing

purchase even where a loan is used. A finance agreement, where a purchase is made, the goods pass from the vendor to the purchaser...

Syncretic Music

the accompaniment of the "Indian sitar, the rebab or bowed choraphone, the suling or bamboo flute, the gendang, kenong and saron o...

Common Themes in Orwell's Animal Farm and 1984

In this five page paper the writer explores two of George Orwell's most popular books. Common themes are discussed in relation to...

Vindication of Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

In five pages this paper discusses how Jane Austen's once dismissed and critically panned novel has vindicated itself because of t...

US Pop Culture and the Star Wars Trilogy

a true sense of what is American pop culture, one needs only to venture into a childs bedroom. Since 1977, it is likely that ther...

Poor Little Rich Girl Shirley Temple Film

In five pages this paper presents a critical analysis of a Mary Pickford film remake featuring popular 1930s' child star Shirley T...

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...

Popular Culture and Rap Music

In ten pages this paper discusses the sociocultural impact of rap music in a consideration of the genre's history and development....

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...

The Conservative Movement and Judaism

Conservative Judaism has historically evolved along with its American congregations. This paper argues for a uniquely American rea...

How to Get Along With Difficult People by Florence Littauer

side of life and can be overly critical of others. Not surprisingly, it is not unusual for this to lead to a tendency toward depre...

Copyright Issues 'Popeye is Not a Mickey Mouse Affair'

In a paper consisting of 12 pages that consider the longstanding arguments that fictional characters should not be copyrighted thr...

The Impact of Leveraged Buyouts

This paper discusses leveraged buyouts (LBO) that were popular in the US during the 1980s, and the current ramifications of these ...

American Popular Culture and Gender Roles

In five pages this paper discusses how gender roles are created by and are reflected in advertising, popular culture, and educatio...