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    teenager, and troubled lives at home. Furthermore, the film heavily focuses on the issues of how the teenagers aren’t loved, given attention, or understood by their families. The film clearly represents the socio-political views of the 1950s. The Post-War during the 1950s brought a lot booms such as booming of the economy, the rise of suburbia, and the baby boom. The post war era also brought a lot of conformity in different aspects such as political, social, and cultural. After the end of WWII, the

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    Pop culture in the 1950s can be summed as culture in the 1950s. Cold war baby boomers Korea red scare. The 1950s america can be summed up as music the best fashion and the best music. People moving to suburbs and babies were being born because soldiers were returning home.After World War 2 ended, many Americans were eager to have children because they were confident that the future held nothing but peace and success. Much of this increase came from government spending: The construction of interstate

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    2017)). The year was 1950 and women’s

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    I Love The 1950's

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    The 1950s is the time that I love the most mostly because of the fashion and also the way the house looked back then and the furniture I absolutely love the way everything was back then. When I first started like the 1950s was when I was almost seventeen at the time and I was looking on pintrest one day and I came across a pair of hazel atlas glasses that have roses on them exactly like in the picture. Then for some reason I became almost obsessed with trying to find the glasses then I got to looking

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    I Stand Here Ironing

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    What do Betty from "Pleasantville," June from "Leave it to Beaver," and Donna Reed from "The Donna Reed Show" all have in common? They all represent the image of the perfect housewife in the 1950s. They represent women who gladly cooked, cleaned, dressed in pearls and wore high heals while waiting for their all-knowing husbands to come home. They represent women who can only find fulfillment in male domination and nurturing maternal love. Tillie Olsen, as a single mother with four children (204)

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    1950s vs Today

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    Teri Hevener English 111 March 8, 2014 Society today and Society in the 1950’s In the past sixty years are country has seen overwhelming change. Some change has been for the best, while much has been for the worse. We’ve seen amazing advancements in technology and made huge strides in the health field. Unfortunately we’ve also lost a lot of common sense and have a lack of morals and dignity. In the 1950’s family’s usually stayed together. Today a very big percentage of marriages end in

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    In 2013, the line of cleaning products, Swiffer released an advertisement for their product called SteamBoost, a mop that uses a steaming pad to clean dirt. The company used an image that depicted the historical figure Rosie the Riveter by dressing a model in a dark blue shirt, red bandana, red lipstick, and a determined expression. This advertisement was found on Huffington Post that was published in June 2013 after twitter user, Heather Beschizza commented on the advertisement by using the hashtag

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    “mythic teenaged hood” that King has called the prototype of 1950’s werewolf films, and finally into “some ancient carrion eater,” or primal self. As automotive monster, Christine comes from a variety of sources, including the folk tradition of the “death car” and a venerable techno-horror premise, as seen in King’s “Trucks” and Maximum Overdrive. King’s main focus, however, is the mobile youth culture that has come down from the 1950’s by way of advertising, popular songs, film, and national pastimes

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    Throughout American history, gender equality and gender exploitation has played a significant role in the stereotypical American culture. The media ultimately determines who the perfect women or man is. Magazines and racy commercials have misconstrued the image of gender perfection. Even television shows and big-budget movies spend millions of dollars on famous actors and actress to look and act a certain way. This is killing the self-esteem of young and impressionable pre-teens and teenagers

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    nevertheless, the fads have. The fun, lively 1950s era brought poodle skirts, jukeboxes, hot rods, and Elvis Presley; things we don’t normally see unless it is Halloween. Teenagers danced at sock hops, where there was never a night upbeat dance moves such as the twist and the jive weren’t danced. The seemingly large predicaments of the world today were insignificant back then. Life, as it seems, was simpler. Today, many people swoon over the idea of living in the 1950s era; however, I would prefer to live

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