Unit16___American_Popular_Culture.pptVIP

Unit16 American Popular Culture: Movies and Music Popular culture The term “popular music” was coined in the 19th century , in original usage referring to the education and “cultruedness” of the lower classes . Current meaning: culture for mass consumption. American popular culture has expressed itself through nearly every medium, including movies, music, and any others. 一、American film Early Years of American Film In the United states , similar machines were developed and fist used to publicly exhibit movies in New York City in1896 when Thomas Edison demonstrated the Vitascope . Although Edison later included movies on his list of inventions , his Vitascope merely important the work of others. \ The Hollywood studio Era Between 1916 and 1926 the American Film Industry came into the hands of a few powerful companies ,which controlled production, distribution ,and exhibition American Music Distinctive styles of American popular music emerged early in the 19th century ,and in the first five decades of the 20th century the American music industry developed a series of new forms of music ,using elements of blues and other genres of American folk music. This popular styles ,including country, RB, jazz and rock ,later hip hop ,help to express an American national identity. today, the body of these popular styles is recognized as a significant contribution to American musical development . Jazz Jazz music came from the background of slaves who were used to focusing on the music under the bondage for long time. They changed the natural musical scale from Europe and took advantage of the local ballad and the religious music of that time. On these conditions, the jazz music turned up.  Jazz music characters and Be-bop rap music Rap began in 1971, in the Bronx, with Kool Herc, who was from Jamaica. Rap music had been black run and black created. Most important, it was not created to cater to white audience at all, although the music eventually found an a