American Culture Essays

Beverly Yuen Thompson, an author and associate professor of sociology at Sienna College, details her experience and findings of interviewing tattooed women in her ethnographic study Covered in Ink: Tattoos, Women, and the Politics of the Body. Beverly approached her study by conducting qualitative interviews with various heavily tattooed women, …

Are humans good or bad? It’s a question that has repeatedly been asked throughout humanity. For thousands of years, philosophers have debated whether people have a basically good nature that is corrupted by society, or a basically bad nature that is kept in check by society. Different cultures and fields …

Concerns about the lack of Native American teachings in current curriculums across the states are attributed to the very low attainment rates and the high drug abuse among Native American teens. Our children are growing up ignorant and our teachers know no better. Is there not enough concern? Native Americans …

Looking around us today, major stereotypes are continuously prevalent in society. Stereotypes are people’s fixed ideas or beliefs about the characteristics of a particular group. Thanks to American popular culture, stereotypes are more widespread than ever. Popular culture has a strong role in America’s communities and even people’s lifestyles alone. …

As modern society progresses, the taboo surrounding discussions of sex remain unclear and leaves behind confused adolescents. As short term relationships’ relevance becomes more apparent in our world, its ambiguous nature confuses our innate need to develop meaningful relationships. Looking past the arousal of acceptability of hook-up culture will reveal …

When horror isn’t outside in the streets, but instead inside a family home it creates a new type of terror. That many people were not familiar with around the time period that this movie was released. The Bad Seed is a film that was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and released …

After the monumental attacks of September 11, 2001, a decade of international upheaval followed, making a profound and lasting impact on culture in the United States. The U.S. government soon executed a “War on Terrorism” in Afghanistan aiming to take down Al-Qaeda, the Islamist organization responsible for this calamity. This …

”Witness” is a modern thriller that tells the story of John Book, a Philadelphia cop whose life is altered while trying to help Rachel, an Amish woman, and her son Samuel, who witnesses a murder in a Philadelphia train station bathroom. After discovering that a member of his force committed …

            I was born in Vietnam and came to the United States with my family because our parents wanted to seek out a better future in the country of dreams and promises. Adjusting to life in the United States was not easy for my parents because they want my siblings …

There are many countless ways that entertainment media has shaped American culture. One way of various forms of entertainment media that shaped American culture and its values is that the media has brought about creativity in all people making them realize what the culture is all about. The media has …