The Fifty Most Important Phenomena in 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)
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