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American Icons
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American Icons
A look at how Hollywood helps transmit American cultural values throughout the world.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages) |
5 sources |
APA | 2004
Paper Summary:
This paper explains how American cultural values are transmitted to the rest of the world through Hollywood cinema icons like John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, Sylvester Stallone and Clint Eastwood.From the Paper:
"Icons are symbols or representations of values that transmit culture. Icons can be people, places or things, such as movie stars John Wayne and Sylvester Stallone to Disneyland, McDonald's and the Statue of Liberty. As Kroes argues, from the high rhetoric of its political ideals to the golden glow of McDonald's arches, from Bruce Springsteen to the Marlboro Man, American culture washes across the globe. Hollywood cinema is responsible for the creation and transmission of national icons that have transmitted American culture i.e., values around the..."More papers on American Icons:
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American Icons (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 10, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-American-Icons/72853
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"American Icons" 15 January 2012. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-American-Icons/72853>
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