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A large proportion of people believe that cultural anthropology is just about studying the special and strange aspects of a society. However, anthropologists are also interested in the aspects of life that seem to be so ordinary that people in the society think they"re not
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. Let me give you an example: I see a lot of T-shirts here in class today, but you probably don"t
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an important part of your culture, but anthropologists could learn a lot about the culture of the United States just by studying the T-shirt. For one thing, T-shirts are a mark of how
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clothing has become in America. No one"s quite sure where they came from, but the T-shirt first became popular in this country as an under shirt for
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in the 1940s. Then in the 1950s, it became a sign of
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for teenagers to wear this white under shirt by itself, not under anything. By the 1960s and 70s, T-shirts have become accepted as part of the
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of use. You could even say that they came to
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that generation"s attitude towards
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and all things, including dress. Another aspect that anthropologists would find interesting is that T-shirts
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express personal opinions. Looking around this room, you know who likes watching TV shows, who goes where
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, and who belongs to what organizations on campus. All of these aspects of our culture are printed on your T-shirts.