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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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Feminist Art
Culture; American culture
As the second wave of feminism awakened a generation of American women in the late 1960s, so too did it galvanize a community of women artists. Where such artistically matriarchal figures as Georgia ...
Vietnam memorials
Culture; American culture
After the fall of Saigon in May 1975, most Americans wanted to forget the Vietnam War and the servicemen who had fought there for sixteen years. Inspired by the film The Deerhunter (1978), Jan ...
Berlin
Culture; American culture
After the Second World War ended in Europe, Germany was divided into four zones controlled by the Soviet Union, Britain, France and the United States, as was its capital in the Soviet zone. ...
video cassette recorder (VCR)
Culture; American culture
After the VCR was introduced to the American mass market in the mid-1970s, the home entertainment options for many Americans were greatly expanded. In combination with the emergence of cable ...
roadside attractions
Culture; American culture
Alligator farms, tigers at truck stops, homes of historical personages and monuments of kitsch, from giant animals to theme villages, grew up with and along American highways to service and amuse its ...
birth
Culture; American culture
Almost 4 million babies are born in the United States each year. The infant mortality rate has dropped to about 7.6 deaths per 1,000 live births, although this remains higher than some other ...
recycling
Culture; American culture
Along with the popularization of environmental concerns in the 1970s and 1980s came a growing critique of the highly consumerist, resourceintensive American lifestyle. In the wake of Earth Day 1990, ...
