HIS271Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Per Capita Income, Premarital Sex, Net Income
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More disposable income available: radio, fridge, washing machines, etc, advertising helped fueld mass consumption. Missionaries of modernity: buying thing on credit was not new, but took off into everyday life in the 1920s o. Modern (mass) culture: movies, major part of 1920s culture, the jazz singer. Jazz: born by taking what african americans had started and whitened it , the radio, news, sermons, music, sports. Socially: flappers, economically, more buying power, advertisers focused on women o. Politically: the national women"s party and the equal rights amendment (era) Era: men and women shall have equal rights throughout the united states and every place subject to its jurisdiction. : tamer versions of feminism. Women are allowed a life outside the home, but family comes first. Stanley norvell: the harlem renaissance, densely populated by african american artists, marcus garvey and the universal negro improvement association (unia) A society in conflict: tensions between traditional and modern .
