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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"1960s America."”.
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Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger and the Movement Persona
… persona of those fighting for social change in 1960s America. A textual analysis of three songs of Bob Dylan and three songs of Pete Seeger serve as the artifacts for this thesis. Themes of change, resistance, and rootlessness run throughout Bob Dylan’s songs while themes of community, …
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Uncanny Reminders: The 'Nazi' in Popular Culture
… and geographical context of the episodes (1960s America) seem far removed from Somuncu’s performances (1990s/2000s Germany), but analysing the production and effects of the uncanny moments generated in each case reveals a provocative raison d’être that spans across the geographical and …
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The impact of the struggle for racial equality in the United States on British racialised relations from 1958 to 1968
During the late 1950s and the 1960s America faced a high level of racial tension. At the same time Britain imposed racially discriminatory immigration controls and passed legislation to outlaw racial discrimination. This thesis asks to what extent the events in the United States had an impact on …
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The impact of federal legislation on the arts and the humanities : 1960 to present.
… for the arts and the humanities started in the 1960s under President John F. Kennedy. The "cultural sixties," as the decade has become known, ushered in an abundance of policies and preliminary steps that would increase government involvement and support of both the arts and humanities through …
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Other Than a Citizen: Vernacular Poetics in Postwar America
<p>Few symbols of 1950s-1960s America remain as central to our contemporary conception of Cold War culture as the iconic ranch-style suburban home. While the house took center stage in the Nixon/Khrushchev kitchen debates as a symbol of modern efficiency and capitalist values, its popularity …