Today’s Schedule – 3/4• Ch. 20 PPT: The Jazz Age• Organize groups for outlining of Ch. 20• HW:– Begin reading Chapter 20

MASS MEDIA

Introduction – Growth of Hollywood• Filmmakers began moving to area in early 1920s– Large work force in nearby Los Angeles– Nearby mountains– Close to beach• Mostly sunny

– Needed for making films

Growth of Mass Media

• Increase in cultural trends as a result of the growth of mass media– Print– Film– Broadcasts

Movies

• By the late 1920smoviemaking became the 4th largest business in America

• First sound film in 1927 – The Jazz Singer changed everything

• Famous silent movie actors continued their popularity while many foreign film stars struggled

Newspapers/Magazines

• Most newspaper chains published tabloids to attract more readers– Focused more on

entertainment than serious news

– Daily Mirror• Growth of magazines as

well– Designed to be easy to

read and understand• Photoplay

Radio

• Radio first invented in 1896

• 1920 Frank Conrad began using radio to broadcast baseball scores and music

• Pittsburg KDKA soon became the first radio station

• Soon became a profitable form of advertising

JAZZ AGE

History of Jazz

• A type of music that features improvisation with an off beat rhythm Improve Explanation

• Originated with African Americans in the South• Became popular with – The expansion of the radio– Migration of African Americans to cities

Jazz Clubs and Dance Halls

• Originated in New Orleans• Became increasingly popular in Harlem, NY• Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington– Two pioneers of the Jazz Age– Music of Louis Armstrong

Jazz vs. Swing

• Jazz is known for its improvisation• Swing is a form of jazz music that is known for

having a shuffle rhythm that evokes a desire to dance– Explanation of Shuffle

• Swing music has its roots in the 1920s but did not come into its height until the 1930s

Charleston Swing

• Dance style popularized by flappers in the 1920s

• Much more freedom than traditional ballroom dances

• Charleston Dance

Women in the Jazz Age: The Flapper• After asserting independence during

WW I women began to reject traditional notions of their roles in society

• Instead women began to– Work outside the home– Take active role in choosing whether to

marry– Smoke and drink– Wear skirts above their knees– Cut her hair into a bob– Wear makeup

Lost Generation

• Group of American artists living abroad who felt disconnected to the growing materialism of the 1920s America

• They felt Europe was more intellectually stimulating

• Included authors such as– e.e. cummings– Ernest Hemingway– F.Scott Fitzgerald – John Steinbeck– Gertrude Stein

HARLEM RENAISSANCE

Harlem, N.Y.• Cultural center of America for African

Americans during starting in the early 1900s– Center of Jazz and writing

Harlem Renaissance• New wave of African American writers in the

1920s• Langston Hughes is one of the most famous

writes to come out of the Harlem Renaissance

• I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.They send me to eat in the kitchenWhen company comes,But I laugh,And eat well,And grow strong.

Tomorrow,I'll be at the tableWhen company comes.Nobody'll dareSay to me,"Eat in the kitchen,"Then.

Besides,They'll see how beautiful I amAnd be ashamed--

I, too, am America.