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Popular culture, or pop culture, (culture of the people) that prevails in any given society, results from the daily interactions, needs and desires, and cultural 'moments' that make up the everyday lives of the mainstream. It can include any number of practices, including those pertaining to cooking, clothing, mass media and the many facets of entertainment such as sports and literature.
If one regards culture as a way of defining oneself, a culture needs to attract people's interest and persuade them to invest a part of themselves in it. People like to feel a part of a group and to understand their cultural identity within that group. Mass culture, however, lets people define themselves in relation to everybody else in mass society at the level of a city, of a country or of a planet.
Pop culture finds its expression in the mass circulation of items from areas such as fashion, music, sport and film. The world of pop culture had a particular influence on art from the early 1960s, through Pop Art.
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Letter About Palin Goes Viral
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:05:00 -0400
This week in Wasilla, Alaska, a woman named Anne Kilkenny sent a letter to some college friends about her former mayor, Sarah Palin. By week's end, the letter was pinging around the country and Kilkenny's phone was ringing off the hook.
Teen Sex, Sex Education And Sarah Palin
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:39:00 -0400
Gov. Sarah Palin has been a strong supporter of programs that advocate abstinence until marriage, and she also opposes explicit sex education. Alaska's law is silent on these issues, however, and it provides no specific funding for sex education in the schools.
Examining Palin's Pentecostal Background
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:14:00 -0400
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has electrified religious conservatives who see her as one of their own. The Republican vice presidential candidate brings evangelical credentials to the ticket and has a Pentecostal background.
The Talk of the Town
Dorothy Wickenden: An old-style, Los Angeles feminist on Obama.
Dorothy Wickenden Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Rosalind Wyman--seventy-seven years old; doughty feminist; political fund-raiser and philanthropist; hostess to J.F.K., Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton, and Hollywood types too numerous to count; youngest elected member of the Los Angeles City Council (at the age of twenty-two); first woman to run a national political . . .
Lauren Collins: The Brooklyn painter Kehinde Wiley.
Lauren Collins Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
The painter Kehinde Wiley first travelled to Nigeria in 1997. He was trying to find his father, whom he had never met, or, more crucially for a portraitist, seen. (His mother didn’t have any photographs.) After several weeks in Lagos, he found his dad, who welcomed him. But--like any . . .
James Surowiecki: What drives market volatility?
James Surowiecki Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
American investors are frazzled. True, oil prices have fallen from their most vertiginous highs, the dollar is a bit stronger, and the stock market has actually risen over the past month. But none of those things have happened in a smooth and steady fashion. The stock market’s “ascent,” in particular . . .
American Folk - A mix of Americana, popular culture, and kitsch.
Americana: The Institute for the Study of American Popular Culture - Articles discussing various aspects of pop culture, such as film, television, sports, and politics.
Conelrad: Atomic Culture - Extensive resources about 'the bomb' and all its attendant pop culture fallout. Includes song lyrics, audio, and video.
Meta Description: [ CONELRAD is devoted to ATOMIC CULTURE past and present: all things atomic. The creation of writers who grew up in the shadow of the BOMB and all its attendant pop culture fallout, CONELRAD is a comprehensive clearinghouse of atomic links, your personal pilot light of the Apocalypse. ]
Crazy Fads - Information about fads from the past 100 years: hula hoops, disco, pet rocks, goldfish swallowing, flagpole sitting, mood rings, Rubik's Cubes, and 3D movies.
Meta Description: [ Read about fads from the past 100 years: hula hoops, disco, pet rocks, goldfish swallowing, flagpole sitting, mood rings, Rubik's Cubes, 3D movies, and more. ]
Deadmalls.com - Non-for-profit endeavor designed to promote the history of malls as well as their nature, whether thriving or declining, and the impact of time and competition on these establishments. Features on various malls across the United States, dictionary, and a store locator.
Meta Description: [ The stories and history behind the great era of store chains that defined retail. The history of many now dead malls. Pictures, articles, etc. ]
EastWesterly Review - Mock-academic journal of pop culture criticism.
Meta Description: [ EastWesterly Review, an academic journal of literary, cinematic, and cultural criticism. Features articles and creative works. ]
Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920 - Covering the early history of advertising in the United States, and drawn from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University.
Futuretro - An analysis of current and future trends in popular culture by reference to past movements.
Meta Description: [ An analysis of current and future trends in popular culture with reference to the defining trends of the past four decades. ]
Historic Route 66 - Provides extensive links, books currently available, postcards and other Route 66 information.
It Seems Like Yesterday - A dynamic history directory.
Jan's Courtyard - A personal scrapbook site recalling memories of the fifties and sixties. Contains lots of graphics on each page, and background sounds.
Meta Description: [ spooky haunted house mansion tour with animation, music, graphics and entertainment ]
Levittown at Fifty - The story of Levittown, not the first, not the only, but the best known suburban development of the post war era.
Meta Description: [ Levittown at Fifty ]
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Lisa's Time Machine - Multi-media tours of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. Includes views of music, lifestyles, fashion, and fads of the three decades.
Meta Description: [ Tripod is a free web host with easy site building tools for blogs, photo albums, Microsoft FrontPage(®) support, and ftp, as well as a variety of subscription packages to choose from. Features include safe and reliable hosting, online help, and a variety of tools and services to give the flexibil... ]
Nuke Pop - Nuclear imagery in Popular Culture
P*Funk Review - Notes on Funk Culture - A collection of discussions that attempt to place the funk music and culture of the 1970s and 1980s in a broader historical context.
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This collection of essays and broadcasts, taken together as a whole, is an attempt to place the music and culture of the 1970's and 1980's in some type of context, as we try to come to grips with the glory and the failure of the past, and look towards a future of hope ]
Paul's Modernistic World - Celebrates early 20th-century lifestyle and architecture as represented by jazz, Roseville pottery, detective pulps, skyscrapers, Grauman's Chinese Theatre and Cozy Kitten salt and pepper shakers.
Pop Culture Madness - A look at some of the humorous areas of pop culture, including a large section featuring the best and worst records from various years.
Meta Description: [ Pop Culture Madness features Entertainment news, upcoming features, celebrity gossip and trivia ]
Pop Goes the Culture - Where you will find humor and parody about the cinema, people, trends and fads that shape our modern world.
Meta Description: [ humor pop culture popculture trends fads that shape our world - Articles at Pop Goes the Culture provide a humorous look at modern life. ]
Pop History Now - Features a random year in pop history every weekday.
Meta Description: [ This Week in Pop History! Updated every weekday. ]
PopCult Magazine - Offers feature stories, profiles, humor, critical essays, and online galleries devoted to pop culture of lasting value rather than momentary hype.
Meta Description: [ PopCult: The Obsessive Journal of Quality Pop Culture ]
Popular Culture Appreciation Society - A guide to popular culture on the net.
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Ravin' the Adult Society - Dissertation on the representation of rave culture in British media and legal discourse.
Secret Fun Spot - Trivia of American pop culture past and present.
Straight On The Haight - From the Straight Theater in San Francisco, stories and history of the Haight Ashbury, 60s styles, fashions and accessories in picture and text.
Meta Description: [ The Straight Theater in San Francisco. Stories and history of the Haight Ashbury. 60's styles, music, fashions and accessories in picture and text. ]
The Daily Newspaper and Urban Popular Culture - An article on the impact of the mass circulation of newspapers on American cities at the end of the 19th century.
Meta Description: [ The impact of mass circulation newspapers on American cities at the end of the 19th century. ]
The Menzies Era - Australian popular culture from 1949 to 1972 including music, movies, books, and sport.
Meta Description: [ European Movies - 1949 to 1972 - The Menzies Era ]
The Rest of the Story - True stories about America from the dollar bill to The Americans by Gordon Sinclair.
Meta Description: [ True wonderful stories about America from the dollar bill to The Americans by Gordon Sinclair. Like Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story. ]
This is Pop! The Best Pop Culture Sites on the Web - Directory of popular culture links with some commentary on new movies and comics.
Web Generation - A site about the fads, events, entertainment, and nostalgia of each decade in the past 60 years. Articles and forums allow people to discuss current issues, as well as the events of the past.
Meta Description: [ Nostalgia from the past 6 decades. Revisit fads, music, movies, personalities, and events from years past. Share your memories with people from all over the United States. Web Generation is an online community where the past and the present come together. ]
Whole Pop Magazine Online - Pop culture magazine with features on motorcycles, teddybears, toaster foods and lunchboxes.
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