Schlagwort-Archive: USA

Studio 54: Admission policies as a form of individualism in New York seventies’ most famous disco and its display in film and literature

Publiziert am 21. Juli 2010 von admin

term paper abstract, Winter Semester 2005/2006, Potsdam University by Lars Dittmer „…and for three years it was the most talked-about, written-about and shocked-about venue in the universe. Everyone wanted to go to Studio 54 (Jones/ Kantonen 1999: 246)”. “A lot of people thought that at the door was a better show than inside…people would try anything to get in (“Shane” … Weiterlesen →

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At a Loss: The Postmodern Quests in Thomas Pynchon’s „The Crying of Lot 49“ and Jim Jarmusch’s „Broken Flowers“

Publiziert am 21. Juli 2010 von admin

term paper abstract, summer semester 2006, Potsdam university by Lars Dittmer this paper is building up on postmodern patterns of fragmentation, loneliness and disorientation. The Quest is a central storytelling technique – in times where traditional ways of living and social constellations fade and the grand narratives have lost their guiding functions, people have to „mind-map“ their own routes through … Weiterlesen →

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Are the parties in the United States still vehicles for environmental politics? How do they occupy this political field, and what ideological and sociological aspects affect this process?

Publiziert am 21. Juli 2010 von admin

term paper abstract, summer semester 2005, Potsdam university by Lars Dittmer „There is nothing so American as our national parks. The scenery and wildlife are native. The fundamental idea behind the parks is native. The parks stand as an outward symbol of this great human principle”. These sentences are not extracted from the platform of the American Green Party – … Weiterlesen →

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