HIST BC 2567x Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: World War Ii, Economic Mobility, Public Space
25 Oct 2016
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Midterm: week of 10/24 - on 10/26! Significance / argument: myth, people want digestible version of history, history is constructed from a very specific point of view, certain facts are chosen, people don"t like to talk about the more complicated / uglier parts of history. What kinds of primary sources: declaration of sentiments. She says that remembering is a contentious processbc you have to remember the nasty parts of history. How women"s sexuality changed / why in 1920: rebelling against victorian era ideologies, world war ii. How did perceptions of makeup change over time: transformative shift from makeup as marker of lower class / prostitutes to something commonplace in society. Rise of african american cosmetics: made space for economic mobility, but based on racist ideals / african american women as promiscuous, need to look more respectable . Guidebooks: 1838, sit not with another in a place that is too narrow.
