Documents tagged with American Culture

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factory master

a 1989 article by John A. Walker about Andy Warhol, The Factory Master
  • johnawalker published this 11 / 19 / 2009
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art pleasure fundamentalism

a 1996 review by John A. Walker of a book by Wendy Steiner about art, pleasure and funadmentalism
  • johnawalker published this 11 / 15 / 2009
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Justice Guns SEP09

Essay discussing justice beliefs by advocates of gun control and anit-gun control advocates.
  • Nashole666 published this 10 / 28 / 2009
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The 10 Big Lies About America by Michael Medved - Excerpt

In this bold New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author and talk-radio host Michael Medved zeroes in on ten of the biggest fallacies that millions of Americans believe about our country–in spite o...
  • CrownPublishingGroup published this 10 / 14 / 2009
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American Cinema of 70s

American Cinema of the 1970s SCREEN AMERICAN CULTURE / AMERICAN CINEMA DECADES Each volume in the Screen Decades: American Culture/American Cinema series is an anthology of original essays explo...
  • summersgone published this 09 / 27 / 2009
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Cultural Babylon2

A huge change occurred in the 1920's, just after the "War to End all Wars" drew to a conclusion.It was a change that hardly anyone, outside of a few crotchety old folks, bothered to notice.It was t...
  • tabitheriel published this 09 / 26 / 2009
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Why We Hate Us by Dick Meyer - Excerpt

Americans are as safe, well fed, securely sheltered, long-lived, free, and healthy as any human beings who have ever lived on the planet. But we are down on America. So why do we hate us? According...
  • CrownPublishingGroup published this 09 / 24 / 2009
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Michael Genovese, IT'S NOT THE HEAT IT'STHE HUMILITY, O.H.W.O.W, Miami, FL 2009

Michael Genovese’s work operates as a reflection, both in a conceptual context and in a literal sense. This exhibition addresses a range of subjects, from Art History to American culture, pomposity...
  • MICHAEL GENOVESE published this 09 / 09 / 2009
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Be a Man---Allen M. Baker

Ann Douglas, the feminist Harvard professor, in her book, The Feminization of the American Culture has observed that by the late 18th century America was jettisoning her God-centered, strong, objec...
  • hcesquivel8903 published this 08 / 17 / 2009
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Submission When It is Not Easy---Allen M. Baker

There is perhaps no one biblical command more misunderstood, maligned, or mocked in American culture. This is true for at least two reasons. First, none of us like to be told what to do. It’s in ...
  • hcesquivel8903 published this 08 / 12 / 2009
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The Creative Utility of Folklore by Tim W. Brown

"The Creative Utility of Folklore," a research essay by Tim W. Brown. Delivered at the NYMASA/CJAS conference panel discussion "Folklore and the Making of American Identities" on April 6, 2006 at C...
  • audrelv1564 published this 07 / 10 / 2009
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Jackson Lears' No Place of Grace by Tim W. Brown

"Jackson Lears' No Place of Grace," an essay by Tim W. Brown. Originally appeared at the National Book Critics Circle blog, Critical Mass, as part of NBCC's ongoing In Retrospect feature celebratin...
  • audrelv1564 published this 07 / 07 / 2009
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Economic circumstances dictated a Khalil Solo show, Paterson, NJ: Aug.21- Oct 4, 2009.

The Paterson Museum announces solo show by Mohamed Khalil, to open in August. Original Masini, Federici works will not be shown due to economic circumstances, until a latter date.. We antici...
  • ArtsPRunlimited, Inc. published this 06 / 06 / 2009
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Applying Social Psychology From Problem to Solution Bram Buunk

Applying social-psychological theories 1 Applying Social Psychology: From Problem to Solution Bram Buunk University of Groningen Mark Van Vugt University of Kent To appear with Sage in 2007 Conc...
  • missvixen published this 06 / 05 / 2009
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Why the Self is Empty

Why the Self Is Empty Toward a Historically Situated Psychology Philip Cushman California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley~Alameda ABSTRACT: This article presents a contextualized trea...
  • missvixen published this 06 / 05 / 2009
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Verbal Self Defense

How Verbal Self-Defense Works It has undoubtedly happened to you. There you are, in the middle of a fierce argument with someone, and suddenly you realize that you not only don't particularly care...
  • missvixen published this 06 / 05 / 2009
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Social Norms and Economic Theory

[Elster, Jon (1989), Social Norms and Economic Theory, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 3 (4): 99-117] Social Norms and Economic Theory Jon Elster One of the most persistent cleavages in the soci...
  • missvixen published this 06 / 05 / 2009
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Relationship Vitality

Relationship Vitality: Strengthening Human Connections through Communication, Courage, and Compassion © Copyright 2008 by Steve Brunkhorst Success Strategies Coaching All Rights Reserved Worldwide...
  • missvixen published this 06 / 05 / 2009
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Psychotherapy & Internet

Psychotherapy & Internet MORTAZAVI , HAMID , M . D . Psychiatrist KAMKAR , MAHDIS , M . D . Psychiatrist JABARIAN , Batoul , psychologist , M . S . A ) Background Rapid and increasing use of teleco...
  • missvixen published this 06 / 05 / 2009
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Mark Dery_the Pyrotechnic Insanitarium_nature Morte (Formaldehyde Photography and the New Grotesque)

WHAT: “Nature Morte: Formaldehyde Photography and the New Grotesque,” a chapter from The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium: American Culture on the Brink (Grove/Atlantic: 1999). http://www.amazon.com/Pyr...
  • markdery published this 04 / 01 / 2009
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