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Flappers The flapper must have seemed to her mother (the gentle, Gibson girl of an earlier generation) like a rebel. She offended the older generation, because she defied conventions of acceptable feminine behavior. Young and uninhibited, the flapper represented the Jazz Age—youthful rebellion, female sexuality and independence, exhibitionism, competitiveness, and consumerism. The flapper wore baggy dresses exposed her arms, and her legs from the knees Skirts ankle to knee in about 10 yrs Freedom from corsets and restrictive undergarments gave women more mobility and stamina. Cosmetics came out of the whorehouse and into the mainstream. Respectable women now wore make-up, and in doing so, claimed themselves as sexual, attractive beings. By 1929, women were using an average 1lb of powder a year on their faces. Bobbing one's hair was a symbol of freedom. No longer would they have to bind their hair back and control it. The flapper, though liberated, was in fact the ultimate consumer, dependent on a variety of products. She supported growth industries of the 1920s—the beauty parlor, the ready-made clothing industry, cosmetic manufacture, and tobacco production. Teens of the 20's Invented dating using the car. Dating permitted people to discover each other without intent to marry. Petting was a popular and pastime for the youth .It allowed a girl to have erotic interaction without an out of wedlock child. Petting stopped just short of intercourse parents equated petting with fornication, teenagers did not Intimacy and eroticism was explored within the confines of virginal women. Mass Culture Leisure industries turned to mass production. Americans nationwide read mass-circulation magazines, full of advertising The Saturday Evening Post, Reader's Digest, or The Ladies' Home Journal.They listened on the radio to the same popular music, comedy shows, and commercials, broadcast by (NBC) and (CBS). Motion pictures gained vast audiences,. Fans followed the careers of movie stars in film magazines .During the 1920s the Harlem Renaissance Art, Jazz music, and literature flourished
Zelda Fitzgerald and F. Scott were the quintessential examples of the jazz age. Scott was a literary superstar, Zelda was his wife and muse. She would wear flesh-colored swimsuits, so people would think she was nude. Dancing on tables, and diving into fountains, it all began with Zelda.
Josephine Baker Black, beautiful and sensual, Josephine knew herself well, and she knew the effect her body had on people. She idi the feather dance Walked through Paris with Chiquita, her leopard.US did not accept her rejected by all the 1st class hotels. Nearly all American critics slammed her performances. In France she was given all the adulation that her own country denied her. I'm not immoral, I'm only natural." Clara Bow "It" girl Born into poverty, and grew up in the Brooklyn slums. She was reckless, and able to shed a flood of tears on cue. She enjoyed smoking, drinking, and petting parties. She was one of the hottest box office stars of the silent film era. Many rumors U.S.C. football team She defined sexuality for an era that screamed for more of it. Brooklyn accent didn’t work for new" talkie" pictures. Career ended Isadora Duncan She believed Isis protected her because she carried her name. She is one of the greatest dancers of all time. Whole life was about sexuality and tragedy Isadora Duncan had many lovers Her long, red shawl got caught in one man’s car tire spokes, and it snapped her neck. |
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