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The book begins with a discussion of September 11, 2001 and how everybody was saying that nothing would ever be the same as the events of that infamous morning were reported. The Emmy Awards show was postponed and the Latin Grammy Awards show was cancelled. The NFL even rescheduled its weekend games, something that it didn't even do after the Kennedy assassination. However, America didn't desert its popular culture. In fact, it very quickly returned in the following months, as sports events, concerts and other forms of entertainment took place. (
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Introduction: Popular Signs Consuming Passions: The Culture of American Consumption Brought to You B(u)y: The Signs of Advertising Video Dreams: Television, Music, and Cultural Forms The Hollywood Sign: The Culture of American Film Popular Spaces: Interpreting the Built Environment We've Come a Long Way, Maybe: Gender Codes in American culture Constructing Race: Readings in Multicultural Semiotics It's Not Just a Game: Sports and American Culture American Icons: The Myth Characters of Popular Culture
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