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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 March 2025. Activity that holds attention or gives pleasure "General entertainment" redirects here. For the television channel format, see Generalist channel. For other uses, see Entertainment (disambiguation). Banqueters playing Kottabos and girl playing the aulos, Greece (c. 420 BCE). Banqueting and ...
Spending money on entertainment was out of the question for most people. The United States put the nation back to work, including artists and entertainers in its assistance programs. [2] [3] [circular reference] [4] [circular reference]
The Library of Entertaining Knowledge was founded by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. [1] The books appeared from 1829 to 1838, published in London by Charles Knight , and complemented the Society's Library of Useful Knowledge , which had not sold as well as hoped.
The term culture industry (German: Kulturindustrie) was coined by the critical theorists Theodor Adorno (1903–1969) and Max Horkheimer (1895–1973), and was presented as critical vocabulary in the chapter "The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception", [1] of the book Dialectic of Enlightenment (1947), wherein they proposed that popular culture is akin to a factory producing ...
A William Hogarth painting based on The Beggar's Opera (c. 1728), a key antecedent of musical theatre. Development of musical theatre refers to the historical development of theatrical performance combined with music that culminated in the integrated form of modern musical theatre that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.
The most commonly banned books in America include children’s books, te en books, and titles written for adults that address topics like race, mental health, LGBTQ issues, politics, and/or ...
Aiding them in their efforts was a group of private citizens, the Boston Watch and Ward Society. [1] Theatrical shows were run out of town, books were confiscated, and motion pictures were prevented from being shown; sometimes movies were stopped mid-showing, after an official had "seen enough".
The American Philosophical Society honors Barzun with its Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History, awarded annually since 1993 to the author of a recent distinguished work of cultural history. He also received the gold medal for Criticism from the American Academy of Arts and Letters , of which he was twice president.