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The 1920’s Culture
JAZZ
• Who were the first Jazz Musicians?– African Americans
• Where was Jazz born?– New Orleans
• When did Jazz appear nationwide?– The early 1920s
• Why did Jazz spread past New Orleans?– Violence and racism resurfaced in New
Orleans and Jazz musicians fled to cities like Chicago, New York, and Kansas City
JAZZ
"The true spirit of jazz is a joyous revolt from convention, custom, authority, boredom, even sorrow--from everything that would confine the soul of man and hinder its riding free on the air." ~ J.A. Rogers, "Jazz at Home," The Survey Graphic, 1925
1920s Jazz Musicians
Bix Beiderbecke Duke Ellington
1920s Jazz Musicians
Jelly Roll Morton Earl Hines
1920s Jazz Musicians
Kid Ory Louis Armstrong
1920s Jazz Musicians
Joe “King” Oliver Paul Whiteman
The Charleston
• The Social dance - popular in the mid-1920s.
• Thought to have come from Cape Verdes Isles in Africa
1920s Fashion
1920s Fashion
1920s Fashion – The Men
• Stemmed from sports or gangsters• Wanted to appear “dapper.” • Baggy pants, polished shoes, and a handkerchief
in the pocket • The baggy zoot suit worn for fancy occasions
Flappers• F. Scott Fitzgerald said
"lovely, expensive, and about nineteen.“
• Rebelling from societal norms
• Short Sleek hair, short shapeless dresses, lots of makeup
• Frequenters of nightclubs
1920s Fashion – The Flapper
FlappersThe Playful flapper here we see,
The fairest of the fair.She's not what Grandma used to be, --
You might say, au contraire.Her girlish ways may make a stir,
Her manners cause a scene,But there is no more harm in her
Than in a submarine.
She nightly knocks for many a goalThe usual dancing men.
Her speed is great, but her controlIs something else again.
All spotlights focus on her pranks.All tongues her prowess herald.
For which she well may render thanksTo God and Scott Fitzgerald.
Her golden rule is plain enough -Just get them young and treat them
rough.
Prohibition
• 18th Amendment outlawed the transporting, selling, manufacturing of Alcohol.
• Widely ignored
• Lead to Organize Crime
The 1920s Night Club “Speakeasies”
• Offered an intense experience
• Entertainment tended toward adult fare
• “Alcohol" was central to the experience.
• The Night Clubs also had their dark side.
Two Cultural Movements1. The Harlem Renaissance
- Rebirth of African-American culture- Literature, art, music, dance- Took place primarily in Harlem
• Factors in the development of the Harlem Renaissance were:
1. African-American urban migration2. Trends toward experimentation throughout the country3. The rise of radical African-American intellectuals.
• Never before had so many Americans embraced the African-American culture.
The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem RenaissanceDreams
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow.
by Langston Hughes
Two Cultural Movements
2. The Lost Generation1. Rejection of American
Materialism
2. Looking for the Meaning of Life, after quick change from war.
3. Intellectuals, poets, artists and writers
The Lost Generation
"The Hollow Men"
We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men
Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw
Our dried voices, when We whisper together
Are quiet and meaningless As wind in dry grass
Or rat's feet over broken glass In our dry cellar
by T.S. Eliot
Motion Pictures
• New Pastime: THE MOVIES!
• Silent movies became "talkies" when sound was finally added.
• Charlie Chaplin most famous silent actor
Motion Pictures
•The best movies of the decade were "Treasure Island" and "Ben Hur” and “The Jazz Singer.”
Baseball• The New American
Pastime
• Radio Broadcasts, Stadiums, and Sports Sections in Newspapers
• Celebrities like Babe Ruth
• A Spectator Sport for the Working Class: Myth vs. Reality
Slang Words
All wet
Applesaucewhat you say when you are angry
"Oh, applesauce!"
describes a wrong idea or person
He's all wet.
Slang Words
The Big Cheese
The Cat’s Meowsomething splendid or wonderful
the best
the most important person
the boss
Cheaters eyeglasses
JakeOK
Everything is Jake.
Slang Words
Dogs
Giggle Water Alcohol
Feet
Heebie Jeebies A Scary Nervous Feeling
Jalopy An Old Car
Moll A Gangster’s Girlfriend
Slang Words
Pushover
Scram Alcohol
Someone easily convinced
Swell Wonderful
Upchuck Vomit
Whoopie Have a good Time
Is the 1920s for you?
Would you want to live in the 1920s? Why or Why not?