The Fifty Most Important Phenomena in Twentieth Century American Popular Cu
<P>50) Camping Culture
-The Millions in Our National Parks</P>
<P>49) The Resort Vacation Fantasy
-From Hotel del Coronado to Key West to South Beach to Hawaii</P>
<P>48) Youth and Extreme Sports
-From Skateboarding to Snowboarding</P>
<P>47) Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Pop Art
-Even the Desert Arts Communities Popularized by Georgia O'Keefe</P>
<P>46) The Mall
-And What about the Department Store?</P>
<P>45) Self-Alterations
-From Tattoos (纹身）to Piercings to Plastic Surgery</P>
<P>44) Talkies （有声电影）
-Who Could Forget Al Jolsen's Rendition of "Sonny Boy"?</P>
<P>43) CDs</P>
<P>42) American International and Teen Pics</P>
<P>41) Surf Culture
-From the Beach Boys to Annette</P>
<P>40) Film Noir 具有悲观(或宿命论)色彩的影片</P>
<P>39) The Seattle Sound
-How Nirvana Changed Rock
38) The Workout Culture
-Remember John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis in <I>Perfect</I>?</P>
<P>37) Video Games
-The Road from Pinball</P>
<P>36) The Musical Film
-From the Golden Age of Hollywood to <I>Moulin Rouge</I></P>
<P>35) The Children's Book Serial
-From Dr. Suess to Harry Potter</P>
<P>34) Cartoons (Print and Television)
-What Is American Popular Culture without Snoopy in Our Newspapers or the Roadrunner on Saturday Morning?
33) The Kid Show
-From <I>Sesame Street</I> to <I>Barney</I></P>
<P>32) MTV and the Music Video
31) The College Sports Phenomenon
-Especially Saturday Football!</P>
<P>30) Disney</P>
<P>29) National Tabloids （小报）and Newspapers
-From <I>The National Inquirer</I> to <I>USA Today</I></P>
<P>28) The Space Obsession
-From the First Man on the Moon to UFOs
-From <I>I Dream of Jeannie</I> to <I>The X Files</I></P>
<P>27) The Super Hero
-From Comic Books to Feature Film</P>
<P>26) The Western and the Cult of the Cowboy
25) The Soap Opera</P>
<P>24) Pop and Pulp Fiction Novels/Novelists</P>
<P>23) Max Factor and Make-up</P>
<P>22) The Television Talk Show
-From Phil Donahue to Jerry Springer to Oprah</P>
<P>21) The Pop Music Star(s)
-Who Could Ignore Madonna, Britney Spears, the Spice Girls, and the
Omni-present Boy Bands like N Sync?</P>
<P>20) The Explosion of Mass Advertising and Marketing
-From Major Labels (Coke and Levis) to Infomercials to Shopping
Channels to the Japanese Marketing Explosion (Hello Kitty, Pokemon)
-Remember Darren on <I>Bewitched</I>?</P>
<P>19) Disco (The 1970s)
-The Night Lifestyle
-The Bee Gees
-Cocaine
-Studio 54</P>
<P>18) The Situation Comedy</P>
<P>17) The Video Revolution (1970-2000)</P>
<P>16) The Nickelodeon Boom (1905-7)</P>
<P>15) The Culture/Class/Race/Sex Revolutions of the 1960s and 1970s
-Civil Rights Movement
-Feminist Movement
-War Protests
-Marijuana
-Long Hair</P>
<P>14) The Gramophone/Record Making/Tin Pan Alley Songwriters</P>
<P>13) Big Band and Swing
-And the Crooners During That Time and Following…Bing Crosby,
Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Frankie Laine, Frank Sinatra
-And What about the Ladies? Kay Starr? Jo Stafford? Doris Day?</P>
<P>12) Fast-food Restaurants</P>
<P>11) Cable Television
-The Channel Explosion of the 1990s
-Satellite Dishes</P>
<P>10) The Jazz Age
-Jazz and Blues Influences on Music
-Speakeasies and Gin Joints and Mobs and Prohibition
-F. Scott Fitzgerald and, of course, Zelda
-The Harlem Renaissance</P>
<P>9) The Development of "Hollywood" and the "Cult" of the "Star"
-Starting with the Silent Film
-Polished Up in the Fifties with Figures like Elvis Presley and Marilyn
Monroe</P>
<P>8) The Love Affair with Cars
-What about That Man Named Ford and His Assembly Line?</P>
<P>7) The Proliferation of Professional Sports
-MLB, NBA, NFL, Wrestling, Nascar etc.
-And Finally...Women's Professional Sports</P>
<P>6) The Personal Computer and the Internet</P>
<P>5) The Rise of Radio
-From Serials to Live Music Shows to Rock
-DJs!</P>
<P>4) The Sexual Revolution
-Mini Skirts
-Helen Gurley Brown and <I>Cosmopolitan</I>
-The Birth Control Pill
-Pornography (Especially <I>Playboy</I> and <I>Hustler</I>)
-Boob Jobs
-Strip Clubs</P>
<P>3) Feature Length Films
-Who Was That D. W. Griffeth Anyway?</P>
<P>2) The Advent of Rock and Roll
-1950s Motown...Chuck Berry, Little Richard (Black Impact on Music Still Lives Today with Rap and Hip-Hop)
-Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly etc.
-1960s British Invasion (From the Beatles to the Rolling Stones)
-The American Counter with Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Woodstock etc.</P>
<P>...And the Most Important Moment in Twentieth Century American Popular Culture History (Drumroll Please)...</P>
<P>1) The Invention of Television</P> [IMG]http://www.cycnet.com/englishcorner/background/images/Background_I_19931.gif[/IMG] <P>好象Hollywood的发展占比较重要的地位哦```</P>
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