Culture in the 1920s

The 1920s was an era of contradictions. We deconstruct the popular image of the Roaring Twenties and examine the tensions at work in American culture. The decade was anything but simple.-Find the full transcript of this episode including citations at our website:https://www.americanhistoryremix.com/episodeguide/culture-1920s-In this episode we cover….-Introduction [0:00-03:03]--Misery & Escapism World War One [03:03-06:03] Spanish Flu [06:03-08:55] Consumer Culture [08:55-10:52] Entertainment [10:52-13:43] The Lost Generation [13:43-15:31]--Modernism & Traditionalism A Divided Society [15:31-16:51] Immigration [16:51-18:55]  Intellectual Trends [18:55-23:14] The Klan [23:14-25:14] Prohibition [25:14-28:19] Political Divide [28:19-30:40]--Traditional & “New Woman” Home & Work [30:40-31:55] Sex [31:55-34:50] Limits to the Change [34:50-37:15] Consumer Society [37:15-38:28] Generational Divide [38:28-39:58]--Racial Violence & Art The Great Migration [39:58-41:12] Lynching [41:12-43:50] Tulsa Race Massacre [43:50-46:58] The Blues [46:58-51:00] Ragtime [51:00-53:00] Brass Bands [53:00-54:10] Jazz [54:10-54:57] Harlem Renaissance [54:57-57:00]--Conclusion [57:00-58:28]-To dive deeper into these topics (affiliate links):LeRoy Ashby, With Amusement for All: A History of American Popular Culture since 1830 https://tinyurl.com/Ashby-With-AmusementAlfred W. Crosby, America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918 https://tinyurl.com/Crosby-Americas-ForgottenLynn Dumenil, The Modern Temper: American Culture and Society in the 1920s https://tinyurl.com/Dumenil-Modern-TemperGeorge M. Marsden, Fundamentalism and American Culture https://tinyurl.com/Marsden-FundamentalismW.J. Rorabaugh, Prohibition: A Concise History https://tinyurl.com/Rorabaugh-ProhibitionEileen Southern, The Music of Black Americans: A History https://tinyurl.com/Southern-The-Music-of-Black-Support the showSupport the Showhttps://buymeacoffee.com/amhistoryremix