PSYC 2000 Chapter : Ch 1 Part 2 Moodle
Document Summary
September 9, 2014: congo square, place where slaves were permitted to dance. Work songs: almost no american or european influence; mostly african in nature. Jazz as social history: social vs by law, african american culture developed musically. Shift in attitude and behavior: victorianism modernism, order of decency saw victorianism as appalling, immigrants had carpe diem attitude, explosion of technology, cities grew, rise of feminism, roaring 20s. Anti-victorianism systems: new ways of thinking, jazz benefited from this new thinking. Growth of entertainment industry: mass entertainment was possible in cities, concert saloon"s, entertainment in drinking places, growth of hit songs , growth of motion pictures (1903) an radio (1919, jazz could not have developed without these advances. Jazz moves mainstream: prohibition of alcohol (1920-1933) Ragtime: piano genre; does not swing, not jazz, even division of the beat, comes from military march form, aabbaccdd, ex.
