Talk:Culture of the United States

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Contents 1 Move needed 2 Typo/vandalism? 3 Neutrality 4 Far short of a cultural analysis of America...

[edit] Move needed

The term culture applies to more than literature and music. Values, norms and lifestyle as much part of culture as opera and novels. This article should be moved another, more specific title. Dividing the fomer, 100kb, Culture of the U.S. article was an interesting idea, but now the topic is divided between two article - that's ok, but giving this article the title "culture" is somewhat misleading as it only deals with certain aspects of culture. Signature^brendel 06:36, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

This article must be worded very carefully, and as it stands its opening sentence is extremely awkward and off-putting. And agreement on the previous statement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.21.67.158 (talk) 13:18, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Typo/vandalism?

American culture has a large influence on the rest of the world, especially the Western world. American music is heard all over he was so gay]],

Looks like some words have been removed and inappropriate words added. Throckmorton Guildersleeve (talk) 16:41, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Neutrality

Much of this article lacks truth and references. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.208.152.219 (talk) 11:39, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

References maybe, but what specific parts are untruthful? You can't just put a tag on an entire article without giving at least a couple examples. Maybe either the disputed material can be removed or references can be found. Kman543210 (talk) 10:01, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Far short of a cultural analysis of America...

I'm sorry, but culture comprises much more than just the arts and "pop culture". There is no mention of religion, traditions, holidays/celebrations, ethics, social-relationships - the VBBN (values, beliefs, behavior, and norms) of the American culture. I am not a pundit or scholar, and as such have no place writing a "better" description of American culture, but would like to have something more complete available to aspiring students and scholars world-wide than just the singers, sports stars, and Hollywood presented. Is that really all we are about? I don't think so. It's kind of like saying that China is only about its food and Communism. Not at all true, nor representative of the deep chinese culture.

Just the opinions of a passer by... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.164.74.253 (talk) 19:27, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

I agree this is a poor description of American culture. The article understates and badly summarizes nearly 400 years development of a unique and important literature, musical tradition, and poetry, not to mention that America was possibly the dominant cultural force in the world in the second half of the twentieth century. The article is also extremely Eurocentric, e.g., "European sophistication and domestic originality", as if all that comes from Europe is somehow "sophisticated" peppered with humble down home American quirkiness. Honestly, does one really think "European sophistication and domestic originality" when one hears the music of Miles Davis or reads the poetry of E.E. Cummings? Certainly not. Furthermore, the contributions of African Americans are simply left out, it seems, except in the area of cuisine. This is inexcusable.

A poor representation. Delete it or greatly expand it.

Also, what on earth is this supposed to mean: " . . . television programs are some of the few things that nearly all Americans can share"? Smacks of an agenda. Very weasel.

These comments are very unhelpful if you're not willing to do something about it. First, I agree that the article needs major additions, but to leave long comments about how bad the article is without adding to it is not very helpful. Anyone can edit, so feel free to find some sources and add to the article. Kman543210 (talk) 23:04, 11 June 2008 (UTC)