CULTURE OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICAS

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THE CULTURE OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICAS

The culture of the United States is primarily Western, but is influenced by

UNITED STATES OF AMERICAS

1) The United States of America is the world's 3rd largest country in population.

1) Located in North America, beside the west by the Pacific Ocean and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. Along

the northern border is Canada and the southern border is Mexico.

1) 13 original states ( the 13 stripes on the flag)

1) 50 states today

1) Capital : Washington DC

1) President : Barack Obama

1) Currency : American Dollars

Ethnicity/race IN USA

1) White: 72.4%

2) Black: 12.6%

3) Asian: 4.8%

4) American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.8%

5) Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: 0.4%

6) Hispanic origin: 16.3%

Language

Language (as of 2010) Percentage of population

English 80.38%

Spanish 12.19%

Chinese 0.89%

French 0.44%

Korean 0.38%

German 0.38%

the United States has no official language at the federal level,

More than 300 languages besides English have native speakers in the United States

Religion in the United States

Literacy rate: 99%

World Largest Countries by Area

No. Country Name

1 Russia

2 Canada

3 China

4 United States of America

5 Brazil

6 Australia

7 India

The Red Indian People

Political System In USA

1) The United States has operated under a two-party system.

2) the major parties are the Democratic Party, and the Republican Party, .

3) The third-largest political party is the Libertarian Party.

1) music,

2) cinema,

3) dance,

4) architecture,

5) literature,

6) poetry,

7) FOOD and

8) the visual arts

The development of the culture of the United States of America

Theater

❖ Theater is based in the Western tradition, mostly performance styles common in Europe.

❖ Regional theatres in the USA are professional theatre companies outside of New York City.

The 20th Century

❖ influencing early film, radio, and television productions in the country.

❖ Mostly songs, sketches, comedy routines, and scantily-clad dancing girls dominated for the 20th century.

American Theater Today

Notable contemporary American playwrights include

1) Edward Albee,

2) August Wilson,

3) David Henry

Music & cinema

There are three basic types of television in the United States:

1) broadcast, or "over-the-air" television, which is freely available to anyone with a TV in the broadcast area,

2) cable television, and satellite television,

3) both of which require a subscription to receive.

1) A market-oriented television system.

2) The three major commercial television networks in the U.S. are NBC and CBS and ABC.

Broadcast Television

Dance

1) Great variety in dance in the United States.

2) Home of the Lindy Hop, Rock and Roll, and modern square dance.

African American Dance

1) Vernacular dances which have developed within African American communities in everyday spaces.

2) Usually centered on social dance practice.

Literature

1) American art and literature took most of its cues from Europe with writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe.

2) Eleven U.S. citizens have won the Nobel Prize in Literature,

3) most recently Toni Morrison in 1993. Ernest Hemingway is the 1954 Nobel laureate.

Comic Books

1) the United States has been the leading producer with only the British comic books and the Japanese manga as close competitors in terms of quantity.

2) the recognition of the comic medium among academics, literary critics and art museums for a serious artform with established traditions, stylistic conventions, and artistic evolution.

Poetry

Poetry, and creative writing in general, also tended to become more professionalized with the growth of creative writing programs

Visual Arts

Visual arts of the United States of America refers to the history of painting and visual art in the United States.

Twentieth Century

• Controversy soon became a way of life for American artists.

• After World War I many American artists also rejected the modern trends.

FOOD

1) the style of food preparation derived from the United States.

2) European colonization, the style of cookery changed vastly.

3) The style of cookery continued to expand into the 19th and 20th centuries

Alcoholic Drinks

1) Rum was the distilled spirit of choice as the main ingredient

2) whiskey, as they did not have similar access to the sugar cane.

3) Hops only grew wild in the New World, from England and elsewhere became essential to beer production.

Sports

1) Baseball is the oldest of the major American team sports.

2) it is still referred to as "the national sport".

3) The Baseball regular season Starting from every April to September.

Education

1) Education in the United States is provided mainly by government

2) education is divided into three levels: elementary school, junior high school, and high school.

The Declaration of Independence in The 4th of July 1776

The 4th of July