The Original Celtics and the 1926-27 American Basketball League
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Professional basketball leagues began in 1898, only seven years after the game itself was invented. As the sport prepares to celebrate its centennial, no other professional team can claim to having been as famous and successful as the Original Celtics of New York. The superiority of the Celtics has won for them an induction into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 1959. The team earned the distinction because of its great basketball innovations, such as the pivot play, the switching defense and the give-and-go offense. Although the team met financial difficulties during its later years, it has proven that a national basketball league can succeed given proper conditions.
Publication Name: Journal of Popular Culture
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0022-3840
Year: 1996
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"Not just for bikers anymore": popular representations of American tattooing
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Tattoos are becoming popular with the educated and middle-class circles, as shown by mainstream, academic and tatoo media. Media interviews indicate people's preference for tattoos as a mode of expressing aesthetics, individuality and personal growth. Magazines such as 'Tattoo Time' promote a popular concept known as "The New Tribalism." People with tattoos see themselves as an international 'tribe' and are involved in piercing and scarification in a ritualistic fashion. Tattoos have become a status symbol and are no longer considered a symbol of social outcasts.
Publication Name: Journal of Popular Culture
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0022-3840
Year: 1995
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Getting in the scrap: the mobilization of American children in World War II
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Socio-psychological impacts of mobilizing American children to help towards war efforts during World War II were more important than their material contribution in ensuring Allied victory. The mobilization saved precious adult labor hours during the War. Their participation filled the adults with enthusiasm and kept their patriotism alive. Children's mobilization for the war efforts served to highlight the nation's image and to create an impression of waging a total war.
Publication Name: Journal of Popular Culture
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0022-3840
Year: 1995
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