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The social heritage and customs of an organized community,society or ethnic group.
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miniseries
Culture; American culture
Popular television format since the 1970s, involving 4–15 hours of narrative, somewhere between one-time specials and regular series. Miniseries offer flexible responses to market ...
Portland and Salem, OR
Culture; American culture
Portland and Salem lie approximately 47 miles apart in Oregon (Pacific Northwest). Salem is the state capital. Portland, the largest city in the state, has become known as a ...
postmodernism
Culture; American culture
Postmodernism is a loose term for a variety of movements that arose within the art world and the university as separate responses to two different understandings of the term ...
New Hollywood
Culture; American culture
Post-studio, end-of-the-millenium Hollywood since the 1970s belongs to a new industrial structure. Film is not the only product; the new Hollywood has become home to expanded mass ...
small-town ideals
Culture; American culture
Post-war growth overwhelmed small towns but never erased their symbolic appeal. Small towns began losing residents in the 1920s, but postwar educational opportunities lured still ...
menopause
Culture; American culture
Postwar women can expect to live as much as one-third of their lives after menopause—a longevity that has stimulated reconceptualizations of “the change.” Once a source of shame, ...
junk food
Culture; American culture
Potato chips, candy, popcorn and other snacks are recognized by most Americans as high-calorie foods based on fat, salt and sugar. Yet obsessive snacking is part of American daily ...
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