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The “Roaring Twenties”

- Chapter 2 - The U.S. Between World Wars: (1918-1941) The Roaring Twenties, Black Tuesday, and Beyond. The “Roaring Twenties”. - A New Mass Culture -. Today’s Lecture Focus:. Understand the images of 1920s culture Main vocabulary : “roaring twenties” “mass culture”

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The “Roaring Twenties”

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  1. - Chapter 2 - The U.S. Between World Wars:(1918-1941)The Roaring Twenties, Black Tuesday, and Beyond

  2. The “Roaring Twenties” - A New Mass Culture -

  3. Today’s Lecture Focus: Understand the images of 1920s culture Main vocabulary: “roaring twenties” “mass culture” “celebrity” “economic boom” “economic crash” Do NOT memorize names of people!

  4. “RoaringTwenties” • to roar (v.) = to make a loud sound • roaring (adj) = loud, fast, hot, exciting, wild, dangerous a roaring lion a roaring engine a roaring fire

  5. The Roaring Twenties • Prosperous • Glamorous • Optimistic a.k.a. “Prohibition Era” a.k.a. “The Jazz Age” Beginning of modern American culture!

  6. A New “Mass Culture” mass(adj) = shared by many people, affecting many people,covering a large area Usage Examples: • mass culture • mass media • mass transit • mass unemployment • weapons of mass destruction

  7. Why did “Mass Culture” develop? • Urbanization / Industrialization • leisure time • (for people in cities!) • disposable income • (for people in cities!) • Automobiles • travel • connected towns / cities • New mass media technology reached more people • radios • phonographs • cinema

  8. Media Technology: Radio Helped to “standardize” the culture. 1920: First radio station  1923: 600 stations! All Americans could listen to the same… • news • music • dramas • sports • speeches • commercials

  9. Media Technology: Phonographs • allowed people to listen to music at home • Musical styles spread across the country

  10. Mass Culture: Music Dance Crazes! • The Charleston

  11. Mass Culture: Music Jazz • African American music • Began in New Orleans • Dance!

  12. Media Technology: Cinema • Hollywood Studios • Silent Films • Good for immigrants! • (No English needed)

  13. Media Technology: Cinema “Talkies” • First film with sound (1927) The Jazz Singer Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer (A white man in blackface = controversial now)

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