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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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bisexuality
Culture; American culture
“Bisexual” is an adjective describing individuals who do not identify as only heterosexual or only homosexual. The prefix “bi-” indicates that these individuals are drawn to both sexes, although ...
environmental racism/justice
Culture; American culture
“Environmental racism” refers, generally to environmental problems or decisions that have a disproportionate adverse effect on racial minorities. A classic example of “environmental racism” would be ...
weather
Culture; American culture
“Everybody talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it,” according to Mark Twain. But weather provides more than chatter—the experience and interpretation of the American climate has ...
folk music
Culture; American culture
“Folk music” is a general, and often rather vague, term used to describe the oral musical traditions of rurally based communities in Europe and America. Since the 1960s, with the growth of the music ...
American images abroad
Culture; American culture
“For the European, even today, America represents something akin to exile, a phantasy of emigration, and therefore a form of interiorization of his or her own culture,” wrote Jean Baudrillard in ...
General Electric
Culture; American culture
“GE,” founded in 1892, focused for decades on appliances and electrical products, from refrigerators to jet turbines, that ushered in modernity with slogans like “Progress is Our Most Important ...
taxes
Culture; American culture
“In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” So wrote Benjamin Franklin, American statesman, in 1789. To this day the rhetoric regarding taxes often overshadows the ...
