History 2132A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Jelly Roll Morton, Treemonisha, Duke Ellington

• School: Western University
• Department: History
• Course: History 2132A/B
• Professor: Geoff Stewart

Document Summary

Lecture outline: victorian age, dance craze, popular music, the jazz age. Tensions within victorian society allow the jazz age to occur. A significant class divide in victorian society. Middle and upper class work hard to distinguish themselves from the lower classes. Distinguished through their refined moral standards, their hard work, and their elevated leisure pursuits (theatre, art gallery, polo) In a world of leisure, they created private and public amusements which fit their hierarchical perception of culture. Gender relations of middle and upper classes in the victorian age: Me(cid:374)"s do(cid:373)ai(cid:374) is the pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) sphere (cid:894)busi(cid:374)ess, politi(cid:272)s(cid:895): Success in the public sphere measured by the ability to climb the social latter. Success required self-discipline, willpower, self-reliance, hard work. Wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s do(cid:373)ai(cid:374) is the pri(cid:448)ate/do(cid:373)esti(cid:272) sphere (cid:894)the ho(cid:373)e): Women supposed to instill morals and values into their children. Victorian mothers were supposed to teach their children a sense of duty. Expected to conform to a sexual relationship that would not cause husbands trouble.