Twentieth Century American Popular Culture History
50) Camping Culture(校园文化)
-The Millions in Our National Parks
49) The Resort Vacation Fantasy (度假胜地?)
-From Hotel del Coronado to Key West to South Beach to Hawaii
48) Youth and Extreme Sports (极限运动)
-From Skateboarding to Snowboarding
47) Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Pop Art (大众艺术?)
-Even the Desert Arts Communities Popularized by Georgia O''Keefe
46) The Mall (?中文对应词是啥?谁知道?)
-And What about the Department Store?
45) Self-Alterations (改造自己的身体?)
-From Tattoos (纹身)to Piercings to Plastic Surgery
44) Talkies (有声电影)
-Who Could Forget Al Jolsen''s Rendition of "Sonny Boy"?
43) CDs
42) American International and Teen Pics (这个是啥?)
41) Surf Culture (冲浪运动?)
-From the Beach Boys to Annette
40) Film Noir 具有悲观(或宿命论)色彩的影片
39) The Seattle Sound (西雅图之声?)
-How Nirvana Changed Rock
38) The Workout Culture (这个又是什么?)
-Remember John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis in Perfect?
37) Video Games (电视游戏)
-The Road from Pinball
36) The Musical Film (音乐影片?和NTV有啥区别)
-From the Golden Age of Hollywood to Moulin Rouge
35) The Children''s Book Serial (儿童文学系列)
-From Dr. Suess to Harry Potter --哈力波特 忽忽!!!
34) Cartoons (Print and Television) (卡通)
-What Is American Popular Culture without Snoopy in Our Newspapers or the Roadrunner on Saturday Morning?
33) The Kid Show (儿童演出?)
-From Sesame Street to Barney
32) MTV and the Music Video
31) The College Sports Phenomenon (大学体育运动)
-Especially Saturday Football!
30) Disney (抵死你! 哇)
29) National Tabloids (小报)and Newspapers
-From The National Inquirer to USA Today
28) The Space Obsession (太空?)
-From the First Man on the Moon to UFOs
-From I Dream of Jeannie to The X Files
27) The Super Hero (超人系列)
-From Comic Books to Feature Film
26) The Western and the Cult of the Cowboy (西部、牛仔)
25) The Soap Opera (肥皂剧)
24) Pop and Pulp Fiction Novels/Novelists (通俗小说)
23) Max Factor and Make-up (这个是什么?)
22) The Television Talk Show (TALK SHOW的中文对应词是啥?)
-From Phil Donahue to Jerry Springer to Oprah
21) The Pop Music Star(s) (通俗歌手)
-Who Could Ignore Madonna, Britney Spears, the Spice Girls, and the
Omni-present Boy Bands like N Sync?
20) The Explosion of Mass Advertising and Marketing(大众广告和市场运做?)
-From Major Labels (Coke and Levis) to Infomercials to Shopping
Channels to the Japanese Marketing Explosion (Hello Kitty, Pokemon)
-Remember Darren on Bewitched?
19) Disco (The 1970s) (迪斯科)
-The Night Lifestyle
-The Bee Gees
-Cocaine
-Studio 54
18) The Situation Comedy (什么剧种?)
17) The Video Revolution (1970-2000) (电视革命?)
16) The Nickelodeon Boom (1905-7) (这个是什么?)
15) The Culture/Class/Race/Sex Revolutions of the 1960s and 1970s (六、七十年代的文化/阶级/种族/性革命)
-Civil Rights Movement
-Feminist Movement
-War Protests
-Marijuana
-Long Hair
14) The Gramophone/Record Making/Tin Pan Alley Songwriters (???)
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?
12) Fast-food Restaurants (快餐文化)
11) Cable Television (有线电视)
-The Channel Explosion of the 1990s
-Satellite Dishes
10) The Jazz Age (爵士时代)
-Jazz and Blues Influences on Music
-Speakeasies and Gin Joints and Mobs and Prohibition
-F. Scott Fitzgerald and, of course, Zelda
-The Harlem Renaissance
9) The Development of "Hollywood" and the "Cult" of the "Star" (好赖物的发展以及“大腕”文化?)
-Starting with the Silent Film
-Polished Up in the Fifties with Figures like Elvis Presley and Marilyn
Monroe
8) The Love Affair with Cars (和汽车有关的爱?倒~~)
-What about That Man Named Ford and His Assembly Line?
7) The Proliferation of Professional Sports (职业体育运动)
-MLB, NBA, NFL, Wrestling, Nascar etc.
-And Finally...Women''s Professional Sports
6) The Personal Computer and the Internet (个人电脑和网络)
5) The Rise of Radio (电台的崛起?)
-From Serials to Live Music Shows to Rock
-DJs!
4) The Sexual Revolution (性解放运动)
-Mini Skirts
-Helen Gurley Brown and Cosmopolitan
-The Birth Control Pill
-Pornography (Especially Playboy and Hustler)
-Boob Jobs
-Strip Clubs
3) Feature Length Films (这个是什么?)
-Who Was That D. W. Griffeth Anyway?
2) The Advent of Rock and Roll (摇滚的发展)
-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.
...And the Most Important Moment in Twentieth Century American Popular Culture History (Drumroll Please)...
1) The Invention of Television (电视的发明)