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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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couch potatoes
Culture; American culture
Term denoting a person who merely watches rather than participates in sports, sits on the sofa surrounded by pizza, potato chips and beer, and phones in his or her bet to out-ofstate gambling ...
cemeteries and crematoria
Culture; American culture
While disposing of the dead concerns all societies, American cemeteries reflect special historical and experiential concerns. An avoidance of direct government responsibility (except in the general ...
wrestling
Culture; American culture
Two very different stories are encompassed in the term “wrestling”—the college and professional games. College wrestling has been strong since the nineteenth century and featured in the revived ...
vacation Bible camps
Culture; American culture
Summer child-education programs, generally under the aegis of Protestant and fundamentalist churches. They occupy the space of secular camps and daycare, but focus on religious training, including ...
animals and the media
Culture; American culture
The construction of nature, wild and tame, speaks eloquently to changing beliefs throughout American history. Folklore abounds with animal helpmates like Paul Bunyan’s giant blue ox babe or the ...
child stars
Culture; American culture
Since the pre-war glory days of Shirley Temple, children have emerged as some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. Most, like Macauley Culkin, who became a huge star due to the Home Alone films of the ...
parades
Culture; American culture
Whether celebrating ethnic heritages, sporting events, political candidates or controversial causes, parades reclaim urban thoroughfares as public spaces for expressions of group identity Often, ...
