what did cultural expression tell us about the way american values were changing in the 1920s?

Question

(1920's america) what did cultural expression (eg. music film, clothing literature) tell us about the way american values were changing?

Answer 1

Have a look at "American Cultural History 1920 - 1929", Kingwood College Library : http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade20.html

And "Clash of Cultures in the 1910s and 1920s", Ohio State University : http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/clash/Introduction/Intro.htm

"Seminar on the Culture Wars of the 1920s" : http://www.assumption.edu/users/McClymer/his394/

"The Jazz Age: The American 1920s", Online American History Textbook : http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=437

Answer 2

It may well be a product/attitude of religion that spills over into the culture, but it isn't really limited to religion or religious people. It's a secular phenomena too -- while this June I'll be able to finally buy beer on Sunday, I still won't be able to buy it at a grocery store -- and that's for stupid secular reasons, not stupid religious reasons.

Answer 3

women-everything was much more sexual. dresses were shorter and more senusal, ie flappers and also the creation of the miss america pageant.

poor- the establishment of credit. buy now pay later mentality

blacks- harlem renaissance

pop culture-sports esp baseball becomes a big phenom. the creation of a "fad culture." women cut thier hair into bob styles

basically the 20s overall pushed america into an immediate pleasure-seeking society with credit and sexy women