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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: Misc./Multi
Professional Production of Pop Culture
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Real Footage & Commentaries
Dramatizations of Real Events
The Industry of Show Biz
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Music
Film
Cultural Capital & Taste
Conspicuous Consumption & Conspicuous Leisure
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Moral Panics
Elite Culture
Cult Film & Interpretive Community
Urban Artistic Communities
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