American culture

American culture

Art, music, literature, people, sports, technology, business, politics, religion and more in the United States. American culture is primarily Western, but is influenced by African, Asian, and Latin American and Native American cultures.

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farms and farm life

Culture; American culture

Since the early days of the Republic, yeoman farmers and farm families have been seen as repositories of American values and traditions, as well as backbones of economics and politics. To foreign ...

Buddhists

Culture; American culture

The practice of Buddhism in the United States arrived with various Asian immigrant groups, from Chinese to Japanese and, later, Koreans and Thais, Cambodians and the various Burmese ethnic groups. ...

comedy and comedians

Culture; American culture

Comedy resists definition. Some have argued that it is an adaptive strategy providing relief from the tragic or the mundane through laughter. To elicit this laughter, comedy assumes many forms. Types ...

Chicago, IL

Culture; American culture

Chicago, Illinois, located in the center of the Midwestern prairie on the banks of Lake Michigan, has always played a special role in the national imagination. Known as "The City of Neighborhoods," ...

National Coming-out Day

Culture; American culture

Dedicated to the process of Coming-out [http://www.termwiki.com/UE/coming_out]. In the US celebrates on October 11th. It is related to the whole month of October in US and February in UK, when these ...

Bloody Mary

Culture; American culture

There is a legend that on Halloween night, if a woman walks up a staircase backwards while holding a mirror and candle, she'll be able to see her future husband's face in the mirror. However, she may ...

trick or treat

Culture; American culture

The term "trick or treat" refers to the practice in the United States of children (and sometimes young adults) going from door to door and soliciting candy from homeowners. The practice seems to have ...