Talk:American way

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Someone who knows more about culture and literature than I do should look at the culture section, especially on writers. I don't think Eliot's work in general has much to say about the American way of life--I think it was written in the UK, much of it informed by experiences he had there? Eugene O'Neill's work seems to be largely about living with the shadow of substance abuse, which is certainly part of the American way of life, but a small part. These examples cast the relevance of the section into question. Each one of those writers mentioned should be looked at more closely. It's as if it were just a list of famous writers considered American. I haven't seen any of the films, but I have my doubts about those, too. "The Simpsons" seem to me definitely to belong here, and it would be nice to see the rest of the cultural examples come up to that standard. TECannon 16:55, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Does it make any sense for William Burroughs, who died in 1947, to be included in the 1950-present category of writers? - Im.a.lumberjack 17:24, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Spirit of an encyclopedia is to add, not to remove news
American way written here, is for an historical period, that goes from the discovery of the America. But American way of life reference to an historical period beginning from when these words was used from the time of the council of the Constitution Act of the United States, Civil War and so on. American way of life was used subsequently on treaty of 1868 with the Indians, to indicate the differences between the life style of the citizens Americans immigrates from Europe and the Americas Native. American way of life has become fashionable during the Cold War, but before years 1950, tens of writers have written about it. To insert Burroughs is simply to cite the historical evolution of the term, like it has used he and before he, all the writers Americans who have been. And inasmuch as it is spoken instead about American Way that of American Way of Life, to rigor the article would have to cite the authors who have spoken about American Way at the beginning, from 12 October 1492, mostly Spanish authors and English exploratories. Roger  tellme  05:42, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Spirit of an encyclopedia
The gross words do not make culture. It is unacceptable that on an encyclopedia to write trivial words. Anonymous writer 17:24, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

1992 Earth Summit
The quote "The American way of life is not negotiable." was at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. George H. W. Bush (Bush Sr. or Bush I).

This article is a hot mess & too right-wing
The historical "American System" should figure larger than paeans to yuppie capitalism in an article called "American way." What I'm seeing here (as of this edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American_way&oldid=914310686 ) isn't something Superman would fight a never-ending battle for. Ventifax (talk) 00:14, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

The Phrase American Way refers to an ideal not to be conflated with your critique of capitalist virtues.
In regard to the paragraph that refers to citation number 3. Please remove this paragraph!

Ralph Woods is a contemporary author known for his criticism of works of fiction. I would not considered his book objective scholarly research into the meaning of the phrase “American Way” The quote from his criticism of Flannery O'Connor's works of fiction amounts to a subjective opinion about the phrase "American Way". Even if you were to quote Flannery O'Connor directly that would be only an opinion. I could in turn quote "South Park" and site an episode as my refrence.

The paragraph linked to citation 3 clearly does not pertain to the question: "What is the meaning of the phrase 'American Way'".

You could start a new section in the article titled. Subjective Opinions on Whether or Not Contemporary American Societal Ethos Remain True to the Traditional Definition of the Phrase the "American Way" or You could also start a section titled "I Hate Capitalism and Want to Move to move to a Yughur Concentration Camp So That I Can Donate My Organs to the CCP". Then you could add Ralph Woods opinions there if you like. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LOWLlFE (talk • contribs) 00:50, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

File:American way of life.jpg
Hi, This is a great image, but I have some doubt about the copyright claim. See also. Yann (talk) 18:37, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Probably not OK. See c:Commons:Deletion requests/File:American way of life.jpg‎. Yann (talk) 11:39, 25 April 2024 (UTC)