its inception, hip hop has remained one of the most popular genres with today’s youth, but it is clear that women play a different role in the genre than men. Through a study of several hip hop and rap songs it becomes apparent that hip hop glamorizes brand names, “fast money”, and women. When women are objectified they are no longer encouraged to amass wealth, instead they are encouraged to simply be with men who have money. By reviewing popular song lyrics of famous hip hop such as Iggy Azalea’s
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The resurgence of a performance art that came to fruition in the mid to late 1800's until the early 1970's has gained great popularity in the last decade. The pomp and circumstance, the bawdy humor, the struts of classic showgirls, the gowns or resplendent glamour, and of course the tease of strip have made burlesque a must see all over the world yet again. Why did burlesque pop up again after its seemingly ultimate demise? With human bodies on display in every facet of advertising thrown at
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Tourism English paper In this term,I am glad to attend to Tourism English course and learn a lot of knowledge which I am not familiar with.Thanks to that,my horizons are greatly broadened.In this course,what impress me most is not only different cultures of different countries, the interests of place,delicious food and fashion clothes but also the changes of my thoughts of view that there are amounts of things which are not the same as you thought before for your poor knowing in this world.Which
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The years following the War of 1812 and preceding the Civil War marked a shift in the American culture. During this period, which is referred to as, the antebellum period, the economy became increasingly reliant on the industries of the North (this, of course, being a direct result of the Industrial Revolution). With the rise of industries in the North the need for slavery in these industrial cities greatly declined and strides towards abolition became prevalent. Unfortunately, this ultimately
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cheering, I confused. Either the fighter or the bull had to be suffered at the end of the show or the bull as a symbol of some kind of evil in Spain so they deserved to be killed cruelly? Bullfighting has existed for thousands years and it has been popular in Spain for nearly one thousand years, though some say it has existed in Spain since the time of Emperor Claudius two thousand years ago. This is the fate of these innocent animals. To be used to entertain a crowd that lusts for blood and claims
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Now it`s the most popular language in the world: most of schools in each country give their pupils the subject, the big companies offer job only to english-speakers, in big cities there are all advertisements with translation to English and so on. Today every language has some word from English and also there some of them that became an international. Today more than 15% of the Earth`s population can speak English, so it`s not hard question from wich language the most popular word came. Of course
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consists of the three regions England, Scotland and Wales. Besides Great Britain, Northern Ireland is also part of the United Kingdom. The history of England goes back to thousands years before Christ. Therefore, this historical overview will outline some major events in British history and will concentrate more on the last century. Major events in British history were The Hundred Years War against France during the 14th century and the civil war that was also known as the War of Roses: the House
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commandments. Harsh, remorseless punishment is inflicted on those who stray from God’s laws. Now compare the Puritan society to today’s society. The American culture is ruled by momentary yet popular trends. Colored skinny jeans, snap-backs, unnecessary fashion glasses and neon clothing can be seen almost anywhere on the street (Lutz). Also modern culture has astronomically altered social norms. Women used to be the ideal caretaker of innocence and purity, but now women dress in revealing clothing and are
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known from the ancient times. The original meaning of tattoo were the ritual rites. In many cultures the only people who could wear tattoos were the Chiefs of the tribes. Only someone who killed an enemy and got his tattooed head could wear tattoos. The most popular way of tattooing that time was the facial tattooing called “Moko” which is still being used nowadays. ‘Moko’ facial tattoo History of tattooing The earliest record of tattoos was found in 1991 on the frozen remains of Ötzi
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group. Take for instance the recent national issue in France involving majority of the French people voting against the joining of Turkey into the European Union - the French, a people sharing a particular national identity and history have spoken, generally, via a very popular opinion poll their varied views as 'Frenchmen and Europeans' why Turkey's acceptance into the European union is not acceptable. Turkey, the nation straddling Europe and Asia is seen as an important economic and political ally
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