Transcript American Culture

 唐兴建
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/ group leader、collect information and
divide the work
张虎
/ talk about individualism and American
heros
杨杰
/ talk about American art and sports
王润民 / talk about American movies、TV and
music
叶思超 / PPT and summary
 The emphasize on individuals' value
 The pursue of democracy and freedom
 The promotion of exploitation and competition
 The need of realistic and practicality
 The core of American culture : individualism
 self first, personal need first, pursue of individual
benefit and enjoyment, emphasize on achieving
individual value by self-strive and self-design.
Self-strive
Self-design
 It gives incentives to people and make them exert
on their potential and wisdom and as a result
accelerate the development of the entire race and
nation.
 It is difficult to keep good relationship among
people if everyone is egocentric thus make the
entire society lack of unity.
 American citizens emphasize
on achievements and respect
heroes.
 They have great sense in
their hearts to praise success
and heroes. Personal
achievements are one of
those with the highest value
in Americans mind.
 They believe that one's
personal value is equivalent
to his achievements in his
career
 After WWII, the focus of the
international art world shifted
from Paris to New York.
 Artists leaving war-torn
Europe brought the remnants
of surrealism to the Big Apple,
inspiring a group of young
American painters to create the
first distinct American
painting style, abstract
expressionism.
 The relentless ascendancy of
mass media gave birth to pop
art.
 Slick, surface-oriented and
purposely banal paintings like
Andy Warhol's Campbell's
Soup Cans are now American
icons
Campbell's Soup I (1968)
 American sports developed separately from the
rest of the world and, consequently, homegrown
games such as baseball, football and basketball
dominate the sports scene. Soccer and ice hockey
are runners-up to the Big Three. Urban America
also invented the great indoors
The Big Three
Baseball/Football/Basketball
• Aerobics/Gym
Soccer/Ice hockey
• Indoor skiing
Indoors
• Rock-climbing
 The elusive concept of 'Americanness' is often
defined by cinema and television. The advent of TV
in the 1950s shook Hollywood's hegemony to its
core, but both forms of media have managed to
coexist, even operating synergistically.
 The global distribution of
American movies and TV
shows has shaped the
world's perception of the
country to a high, if not
completely accurate, degree.
 The American music industry is the world's most
powerful and pervasive, though groundswell
movements remain the driving force of American
pop. African Americans' influence, including blues,
jazz and hip-hop, can hardly be exaggerated.
 And, rap, America's inner-city sound, places an
equal emphasis on an ultra heavy beat, sound
montage, street cred and macho posturing. Its
appeal to middle-class white America will no
doubt bemuse sociologists for decades.
 For American people, no matter whether they are
native American or immigrants from overseas,
have the same dream of changing their social class
and making their lifetime dream come true
through their own efforts.
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