Sentences with phrase «national cultural symbol»

Coney Island is a world - famous resort and national cultural symbol that has inspired music, literature, and films.

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E. D. Hirsch argues in Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (Houghton Muffin, 251 pp., $ 16.95) that schools are obliged to help students accumulate shared symbols and the knowledge they represent — that is to say, to teach students cultural literacy, so that they can learn to communicate in our national coCultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (Houghton Muffin, 251 pp., $ 16.95) that schools are obliged to help students accumulate shared symbols and the knowledge they represent — that is to say, to teach students cultural literacy, so that they can learn to communicate in our national cocultural literacy, so that they can learn to communicate in our national community.

Finally, Protestants break with two of Mexico's primary national and cultural symbols, the Virgin of Guadalupe (the patron saint or «mother» of Mexico), who is said to have appeared to a Mexican peasant in the 16th century, and the pre-Hispanic plumed serpent - god, Quetzalcóatl.

Prestige is a true Haitian brand that has become an emblem of national pride and an iconic cultural symbol.

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The elephant has long been an important spiritual, cultural and national symbol in Thailand.

With baguettes having such cultural importance I felt in order to truly understand Parisians life & culture I needed to spend some time with this national symbol.

It has become a cultural and a national symbol for various countries in Asia.

Blue Poles (No. 11), 1952 (pictured below), which brought down the Australian government when the country spent $ 1.3 million on its acquisition, is a star of the Australian National Gallery in Canberra, and in retrospect a symbol of the country's cultural coming of age.

The dominant pictorial element is the Union Jack, itself an internationally familiar, abstract, geometric pattern and a socially and politically charged symbol whose significance spans the cultural spectrum from contemporary fashion to aggressive national pride.

Many of his works including the Global Miniatures (2009), display Bayjoo's signature style of creating politically and culturally charged collages where symbols of national identity — flags, maps and cultural motifs — are combined with translucent layers of paint, reflecting on the effects of colonialism and migration.

Through her installations and video works, Echakhch critically examines socio - political issues brought about by globalization, the way national symbols are used, as well as cultural differences and social phenomena, without however assuming a cautionary or rhetorical stance.