Social Context
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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SOCIAL CONTEXT
BY: MARILYN, JOSEPH, MELISSA, JORDAN, ANDRES, MONICA, LYSETTE, AND KENDY
MACRO
MUSIC
During this time there was an enormous amount of Music being made. The Roaring Twenties was also called the Jazz Age, because the lively, loose beat of jazz captured the carefree spirit of the times. Jazz was developed by African-American musicians all over the U.S. but mostly around New Orleans.
William Grant Still the most prominent African-American art music composer of the time, was greatly influenced by the concept of the "New Negro," a theme frequently evident in his concert works. Long known as the "Dean of African-American Classical Composers," as well as one of America's foremost composers, William Grant Still has had the distinction of becoming a legend in his own lifetime.
FASHION
Women's fashion
Fur coats
Asymmetrical hats
Feather hats
Pillbox hats
Fascination hats
Flapper dresses
Pearls
Wrist gloves
Elbow length gloves
Gloves were enormously important
Below the knee dresses
Mens fashion:
Bowler hats
Top hats
Suspenders
Trousers
BIG FIGURES
During this period of time some big figures were Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt because they inspired change and motivation.
POP CULTURE
The 1920's was a time when America and the world wanted to put the memory of the Great War behind them and enjoy life. The War provided an economic boom for Americans, along with the automobile as a means of transportation. People now had more free time. With this new free time, people turned their attention to sports. Baseball was the most popular sport during this time. Writer Edgar F. Wolfe argued in the 1923 Literary Digest that the urban ballpark was a meeting ground for Americans of all classes and backgrounds. The people are able to unite in “rooting” for the same ball club,
and forget their selfish ends in discussing a subject that holds a common interest for both. The New York Yankees and Babe Ruth were among the most popular sports teams and figures. Growth in radio also contributed to the excitement for sports.
Facts:
- Pop culture during the 1920s was characterized by the flapper, automobiles, nightclubs, movies, and jazz
- In 1903 The Great Train Robbery became the first story sequence movie to reach the big screen.
Motion picture during the time of the Harlem Renaissance was popular. By the early 1920’s, many towns in America had a movie theater. Most Americans went to see the movies at least once a week. The movie inustry became a big business. According to an article, "People might not know the names of government officials, but they knew the names of every leading actor and actress." Movies were a change in peoples lives. They provided a change from the day-to-day troubles of life. They also were an important social force. Americans were highly influenced by these movies. Movies were seen by anyone, no matter how poor or rich they were. It helped people relate to one danother.
MICRO
DEVELOPMENT OF HARLEM
- the expansions were working fine and houses were developed however transportation wasn't finished which made it difficult for properties to sell
-White Harlem landlords started selling their properties to black real estate agents such as Philip A. Payton, John E. Nail, and Henry C. Parker. l.
- By the time the planned subway system and roadways reached Harlem, many of the country's best and brightest black advocates, artists, entrepreneurs, and intellectuals had situated themselves in Harlem. They brought with them not only the institutions and businesses necessary to support themselves, but a vast array of talents and ambitions. The area soon became known as “the Black Mecca” and “the capital of black America.”
- NUL began publishing Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life. Believing that art and literature could lift African-Americans out of their situation, the magazine’s editor, Charles S. Johnson, began printing promising black writers in each issue.
- In 1924 when Johnson organized the first civic party to launch her book was a total success but it also served as a forum for emerging African-American artists to meet wealthy white patrons. The party managed to launch the careers of several promising black writers, including poets Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen.
- In 1925, shortly after the success of the Civic Club dinner, the magazine Survey Graphic, produced an issue on Harlem. Edited by black philosopher and Howard University professor, Alain Locke, the magazine featured work by prominent black writers of the time period. The magazine published work by writers Cullen, Hughes and Fauset, as well as poet Claude McKay and novelist Jean Toomer. Later that year, Locke expanded the special issue into an anthology called The New Negro. The collection fueled America’s growing interest in African-American writers, pushing black artists to the literary forefront.
- African-American fine artists such as Aaron Douglas and Charles Alston also got their start through Alain Locke and Charles Johnson
- these fine artists used their fame as an opportunity to delve into the themes they found problematic to American culture. By introducing the “exoticizing” of Africa and notions of “the primitive” to white America, African-American artists had their first opportunity to explore how these ideas could be used for and against their race.
RELIGION
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