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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Stevie Wonder

Culture; American culture

(born 1950) Born Steveland Morris and blind since birth, Stevie Wonder became one of the biggest artists on the Motown label until he terminated this contract in 1971. By the mid-1970s he was the ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Culture; American culture

(born 1950) Widely considered, since publication of The Signifying Monkey (1988), the dean of letters among African American intellectuals, reinforced by his regular contributions to journals like ...

Rush Limbaugh

Culture; American culture

(born 1951) Conservative political commentator. A nationally syndicated television and radio talk-show host, Limbaugh’s gruff tirades against taxes, big government and feminism won him an ...

bell hooks

Culture; American culture

(born 1952) “Black feminist” intellectual, noted for such works as Ain’t I a Woman (1981), Talking Back (1981) and Outlaw Culture (1994), in which she synthesizes race, class and gender to examine ...

Rita Dove

Culture; American culture

(born 1952) First African American poet laureate of the United States, as well as the youngest, in 1993–5. Her published works include Yellow House and Corner (1980) and Mother Love (1995); Thomas ...

David Byrne

Culture; American culture

(born 1952) Guitarist/lead singer of the pioneering band Talking Heads, which formed in 1975. Often miscategorized as punk, Talking Heads, clean-cut and preppy-looking, created a quirky experimental ...

Julie Dash

Culture; American culture

(born 1952) Independent African American director-producer, Dash has faced many problems in funding that have limited her output. Nonetheless, her lyrical vision, synthesizing poetry and music, ...