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Society & Culture

Humans and History

Modernity & Postmodernity

Assignment

The video below is an episode of an American TV show called What's My Line? (aired 4-25-1965; 29:06).  Watch the video carefully, including the commercials.  What observations can you make about the culture of the United States then compared to today?  Your observations should include (but are not limited to) such things as cultural expectations (work, products, manners, dress, food, languages, etc.) and expectations/assumptions according to demographic designations (socioeconomic class, race, sex/gender, age, dis/ability, etc.).

Pop Culture (a.k.a. Popular Culture or Mass Culture)

Cultural Differences:  Holidays

Cultural Differences:  Holidays

Cultural Differences:  Home & Lifestyle

Cultural Differences:  Manners, Folkways, & Etiquette

Cultural Differences:  Social Institutions

Cultural Differences:  Leisure & Recreation

Cultural Differences:  Everyday Objects & Practices

Cultural Differences:  Language

Cultural Differences:  Misc./Multi

Symbolic Inversion (a.k.a. Rituals of Rebellion, Rituals of Reversal, or Temporary Role Reversal)

Cultural Hegemony & Media Power

Professional Production of Pop Culture

Warning:  Potentially Offensive Language

Real Footage & Commentaries

Dramatizations of Real Events

The Industry of Show Biz

Warning:  Potentially Offensive Language
Music
Film

Cultural Capital & Taste

Conspicuous Consumption & Conspicuous Leisure

Warning:  Potentially Offensive Language

Moral Panics

Elite Culture

Cult Film & Interpretive Community

Urban Artistic Communities

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