youths residing in the South Bronx in New York City. Hip-hop is characterized by four distinct elements, all of which represent the different manifestation of the culture; oral, aural, physical and visual. The term is often used in a restrictive fashion as synonymous only with the oral practice of rap music. The origin of the hip-hop cultures stems from the block parties of the Ghetto brothers, when they plugged the amps for their instruments and speakers into the lampposts on 163rd street and
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Hair: The American Tribal Love – Rock Musical was written by Gerome Ragni and Jim Rado. Galt MacDermot composed the music for Hair. I watched Earl Weaver’s production of Hair at UCF’s theatre (“Hair”). The story followed a medley of hippies dealing with their individual problems. The musical was like a psychedelic trip back to the 60’s with colorful lighting, showy clothing, and “far out” lingo. The overall performance was fun and enticing emotionally and aesthetically, but lacked in smooth story
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Music Notes: Midterm One Introduction Studying Rock: * Fan mentality: reject other forms of music * Gold Records: 500,000 copies * Platinum Records: 1 million copies Themes: * Social, political, and cultural issues * Issues of race, class, and gender * The development of the music business * The development of technology The Popularity Arc: * Mainstream popularity is the ‘peak’ * Genres tend to develop underground and aren’t written about historically during
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conformity because there was one single image that all flappers strives for. Chapman Catt stated, “Women do not wear short skirts or bobbed hair by their own election, but in obedience to the dictum of fashion.” To her, all flappers were were simply consumers who followed popular styles of fashion and
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Cultural Decentering Aaron Walsh HUMA215-1202A-17 04/15/2012 Professor Reed Abstract Imperial expansion changed the aspect of many cultures. What was considered everyday life and tradition began to change dramatically or destroyed. The European influence on non-western society began a cultural shift to the European culture in more of a decentering, rather than reclamation to its own culture. Keywords: Culture, decentering, westernization. Introduction The non-western cultures faced
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Narrative Technique Narratives are works that provide an account of connected events. To put it simply, a narrative is a story. There are many types of literature that are considered narratives, including novels, dramas, fables, folk tales, short stories, and poetry. In addition to literature, narratives are found in cinema, music, and theatre. Narrative techniques provide deeper meaning for the reader and help the reader use imagination to visualize situations. Narrative literary techniques
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The Métis are an Aboriginal group of people comprised of descendants from First Nation women and European men. In the earliest days of European settlements, it was encouraged in French colonizing policy to marry First Nation people, to better the relationship among Natives. This was during the height of the fur trade in the eightieth and ninetieth century. They are one of three recognized Aboriginal peoples of Canada. They make up 32.3% of the total Aboriginal population and 1.4% of Canada. The word
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constantly told you are ugly, you are weird, or fat, too thin too tall; the list could on. This type of slow suicide is the last resort of escaping the reality that, people will see you as they wish, but one does not have to envision themself in that same fashion. Eating disorders develop as people try to find control over their disruptive lives. Many develop eating disorders because they are doing what they feel are less drastic ways to cope with stress and peer pressure. Many of these youth avoid actions
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constantly told you are ugly, you are weird, or fat, too thin too tall; the list could on. This type of slow suicide is the last resort of escaping the reality that, people will see you as they wish, but one does not have to envision themself in that same fashion. Eating disorders develop as people try to find control over their disruptive lives. Many develop eating disorders because they are doing what they feel are less drastic ways to cope with stress and peer pressure. Many of these youth avoid actions
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0.07 | Young | 0.27 | 0.56 | 0.53 | Middle Age | 0.51 | 0.15 | 0.3 | Senior | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.1 | Characteristics of different Segments | | Youth | Sport | Standard | High Style | High Style, | Young Adults | High interest | | Fashion | Active physically | Car, AC Adaptor | | Shape | Medium Style | Average Style | | Color | Durable | | | Storage | Water resistant | size/weight | | | Belt Clips/ | | Technology | Avg Technology w.r.t other | High technology |
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