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Shanes, Eric. "The Pop Art Tradition: Responding to Mass Culture." Parkstone Press International (2006): Ohiolink. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Shanes traces the roots of popular mass culture in the late 18th century when the industrial and political revolutions industrialized the Western World. Pop Art is said to have originated from Surrealism in Britain when Eduardo Paolozzi, Peter Blake, and Richard Hamilton began exploring comic books, advertising, and folk culture. Artist, Claes Oldenberg, began works of art that connected to "store exhibitions," which filled galleries with common American objects. This emphasized and worshiped consumer goods.

Elmaleh, Eliane. "American Pop Art and Political Engagement in the 1960's." European Journal of American Culture 22. (2003): 181-191. EBSCO. Web. 10 Nov. 2008. This article describes the Pop Art movement in America. Pop art in the United States is an artistic movement closely associated with the 1960's. Pop Art, to most Americans, is an artistic movement that is closely related to their own culture. This article looks into Pop Art's role in the American Culture.

Thompson, Krista. "The Sound of Light: Reflections on Art History in the Visual Culture of Hip-Hop." Art Bulletin 91.4 (2009): 481-505. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010.\n\nThis article dives into the effect of hip hop and it culture. It shows the influence of hip hop on music videos, clothing, art, and everything else. It focuses the influence of hip hop on black youth.

Kato, M. T. From Kung Fu to Hip Hop: Globalization, Revolution, and Popular Culture. Albany: State University of New York, 2007. Print. This book describes how much pop culture has changed over the years. In the old days, action heros were cowboys and policemen, whereas now, they are thugs with guns and muscle that look scary and talk tough. Culture has just changed so much and this book does an excellent job of pointing that out

Stewart, Jesse. "Real to Reel: Filmic Constructions of Hip Hop Cultures and Hip Hop Identities." Interdisciplinary Humanities 26.2 (2009): 49-67. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010.

Stewart, Jesse. "Real to Reel: Filmic Constructions of Hip Hop Cultures and Hip Hop Identities." Interdisciplinary Humanities 26.2 (2009): 49-67. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This article deals with a lot of issues that are very apparent in our culture. A lot of movies these days are centered around a lot of elements of hip-hop. There are many actors in Hollywood that got their start in hip-hop. This article explains how hip-hop has taken over music and film industry, which shows how popular it has become.

WOLDU, GAIL HILSON. "The Kaleidoscope of Writing on Hip-Hop Culture." Notes 67.1 (2010): 9-38. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Hip hop was discovered in late 1970's and early 1980's. It was referred to as "party" music at the time. Had rhyming words and bass with a rhythm. Moved into the early 1990s with Tupac, Biggie Smalls, and Snoop Dogg.

WOLDU, GAIL HILSON. "THE KALEIDOSCOPE OF WRITING ON HIP-HOP CULTURE." Notes 67.1 (2010): 9-38. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010.

Small, Sabrina. "What's Eating Andy Warhol? Food and Identity in Pop Art." Program in Gastronomy (2006): 400+. OhioLink. Web. 10 Nov. 2010. This article is an overview of some of Warhol's pieces. This is a Description of Andy's works and how his art topics relate to mass produced items in the US, like soup and Hershey bars. His art work reflects the population of America and civilized cultures around the world. Most of his art pieces are Pop Art genre. Many of his pieces reflect American culture/society.

Beaty, Bart. "Roy Lichtenstein's Tears: Art vs. Pop in American Culture." Canadian Review of American Studies 34.3 (2004): 249-268. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 9 Nov. 2010.

An eye opening account of the world of heavy metal as well as a model for how Cultural Studies work ought to be done. Walser writes about the culture of heavy metal. The book also gives a brief history of heavy metal and how it was constructed. This ground breaking book will force many readers to confront their prejudice about heavy metal, its performers, it's audience, and its meanings.

Collins, Carol Jones. "Hip-Hop Culture/Hip-Hop History/Hip-Hop Stars.." School Library Journal 56.6 (2010): 128-129. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010.

Uniquely situated at the heart of African-American youth culture, hip-hop is about music, style and voice. In many ways hip-hop is also about political action. Any discussion of hip-hop culture and rap music lends itself to examinations of rap as a means of protest among inner-city African-American youth. But the resistive benefits of rap music are not limited to its African-American listeners as can be seen by its widespread popularity among youth of all different races, classes and nationalities. As the cultural and political voice of an entire generation of youth, hip-hop has become a means of political action for its artists and fans. In addition to its prominent resistive role, political action in the hip-hop community includes political deliberation and direct uses of hip-hop to increase political awareness and to organize collaborative action. (From the OhioLINK abstract.)

The article goes into to deep detail on the roots of the heav metal movement. Now a mainstream and global culture heavy metal has its roots in the industrial, working-class neighborhoods of post war Birmingham. The youth of Birmingham started drifting away from it's normal ties to the Protestent Church and began seeking their own forms of entertainment. As this went on two of the pioneers of heavy metal were formed in Black Sabbath and Judas Priest. This article shows the link between the geography of Birmingham neighborhoods and the birth of heavy metal.

Matlock, Glen and Silverton Peter. "I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol" London: Reynolds and Hearn Ltd, 2006. Print. This book addresses the intentions of The Sex Pistols through their dress,culture, and names. Johnny Rotten, that is a very "clear-cut" meaning as to the bands intentions. Whether the radio, parents, or establishment wanted to play them or not The Sex Pistols were becoming a household name world wide.

Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Poisen, Megadeth, Slayer: Few forms of music elicit such visceral reactions as does heavy metal. Embraced by millions of fans and denounced by critics for corrupting youth and even blamed for inciting suicide, murder, and Satanism. Weinstein argues that these fears stem from a deep misunderstanding of the culture of metal. She interprets all aspects of the metal world and in process unravels myths, misconceptions, and truths of metal subculture.

Danto, Arthur. "Andy Warhol." Yale University Press (2009): Ohiolink. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Arthur Danto sees Andy Warhol as the "Artist of the second half of the 20th century," and the "artist laureate of the American soul." He describes how Andy Warhol drew/painted many symbols of post war America and describes Andy Warhol's work in two levels: "the level of fears and agonies, and the level of beauties. The level of plane crashes, suicides, accidents, executions; and the level of Marilyn, Liz, Jackie, Elvis, Jesus, radiant with glamor and celebrity." Warhol moved from commercial art to pop art. Danto explains how Warhol's art relieved anxiety in American society and culture."He was moved by the same things that his audience was moved by," states Danto.

Gosa, Travis. "Hip-Hop Politics, Activism, and the Future of Hip-Hop It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation by Asante, Molefi K. All About the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can't Save Black America by McWhorter, John H. The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk.." Journal of Popular Music Studies 21.2 (2009): 240-246. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This article really deals with the politics of hip-hop. It deals with how rap is growing and how it's only going to get bigger as time goes on. This article is very important because there are a lot of poilitics involved in hip-hop. This article deals a lot with the culture of hip-hop as well. I thnk that this is a very good article.

Kitwana, Bakari. The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture. New York: Basic Civitas, 2002. Print. This book talks about how rap has negatively influenced young black kids. I think that this book is very important because this is a bit of a problem in the black community and I think that it needs to be addressed. Although hip-hop has positive factors, it has a lot of negative factors that deal with not only blacks, but all races. This book discusses a lot of important issues, and I think it provides a lot of good information.

Hand, John O. "Futurism in America." Art Journl 41.4 (1981): 337-42. JSTOR. Web. 31 Oct. 2010. This article is about the transition of Futurism from the East to America. The development of Futurism was caused by the influence from the Futurist Manifestos and paintings. F.T. Marinetti's Foundation and Manifesto of Futurism sparked the movement and through the use of variety of magazines and newspapers, it spread quickly. The article includes a summarized interview of Andre Tridon analyzing specific ways in which this movement affected the culture of the early 1900's. Tridon gives specific newspaper articles that are a direct result of the Futurism movement. By 1913 Futurism had made its impact and it seemed that it would not disappear very easily.