The decline of Abstract Expressionism gave rise to a re-engagement with images of domesticity, the home, and common objects of everyday life. Domesticity, seen as the anti-modern, played a significant role in the iconography of the male dominated field of Pop Art and also in the work of ...
An All-American college star and his beauty queen wife watch their seemingly perfect life fall apart as their daughter joins the turmoil of '60s America. Read more: Plot summary | Synopsis Director Ewan McGregor (directed by) Writers Philip Roth (based on the novel by) | John Romano (...
As they navigate through a single night filled with drag racing, drive-ins and rock 'n' roll, they grapple with life-altering decisions about their futures. This film is an ode to the end of an era, offering a snapshot of American youth in the early 60s. Notably, it received five ...
It captures the pidgin English spoken on the Hawaiian Islands and lovingly depicts the Japanese-American experience there, life on a Kona coffee plantation, and the struggle to preserve of a way of life in the face of Western society’s expectations. Manoa Valley(Tenney Theatre, 1993) Second ...
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The final scene is surprisingly touching: early in the film I disliked the characters for their lifestyle, and by the end I had come to see they were not the emotionally shallow people I had taken them to be. If you are one of those dismal unfortunates who watch HBO and Showtime ...
The philosopher casts a cold eye on the economic facts of American life in the 21st century. He looks at the 10 principles of concentration and power at work in America today.BY Noam Chomsky | May 11, 2017 Noam Chomsky’s new book, Requiem for the American Dream: The Ten Principles of...
national broadcast, since they featured youth from the city and surrounding region with whom studio and home audiences knew or could at least identify. Different styles of dance and behavior were projected by teenagers nationwide, and as a result, the shows came to reflect and create teen life....
On the lifestyle-sharing platform Xiaohongshu, group chats for different MBTI types have proliferated. Liu is part of a group for INTP “logicians” and ENTP “debaters,” which has over 200 members contributing thousands of messages a day about what it’s like to be their personality type...
No individual person could stake a claim on the life of any other, nor entertain feelings of jealousy in any justifiable way. To prevent rampant pregnancies, the men in the community practiced “male continence,” stopping somewhat short of full consummation. When babies were born, they were ...