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)
47) Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Pop Art (包装,印刷插画:波普艺术)
-Even the Desert Arts Communities Popularized by Georgia O'Keefe
46) The Mall 大型购物中心
23) Max Factor and Make-up (彩妆大师 化妆相关的)
Feature Length Films (纪录片