AUCW 212 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Totalitarianism, Dizzy Gillespie, Dmitri Shostakovich
17 Oct 2016
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The other side of the picture widow: outsiders, dissidents, and critics in the. Undercurrent of anxiety despite abundant and affordable housing and consumer products, reflected in pop culture. America was originally noted for individualism but artists noticed conformity trend. Modern science, repressed sexuality the thing (alien blob) Westerns, high noon, refers to mccarthyism (bullied into silence) Reoccurring theme of menace lurking under a tranquil surface. Fear one"s neighbor may be a traitor, aliens under human guise the invasion of. Rebel without a cause, james dean, conservative because social order is restored the body snatchers at end. Blackboard jungle-inner city schools, also conservative because it ends optimistically and assures these situations are rare. Music-elvis presley defied insipid move ballads of early 50s, blended r&b with country. West side story-based on gang warfare between two conflicting races. America linked decay of morality with communism. Also blamed on increasing diversity of races and classes in schools.
