This week in sociology we talked about how the values of your culture shape you as a person. Americans tend to think of themselves as being so individualistic and so unique and separate from things around them, when really the culture around them is what helps make them that way. A way that I have seen this happening for me is in music. Bands always want people to see them as being different than other bands in some way, but when they try to be individuals, many times they look to what popular artists have been doing recently.
i think that america tries to have that concept of individualism and uniqueness, they make themselves think it so that way it'll be true, even if its not in your eyes but in there's it is .
ReplyDeleteYEs - I think your examples applies to more than just bands - Americans try so hard to be individualistic that they end up being individualistic together. It's a paradox. I think we are shaped by the media and by our age cohorts which adds to this.
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