Culture of the Roaring ’20s

Movies & Hollywood

Technology

Cultural Icons; Heroes of the ‘20s

The New Woman The “New Woman” was liberated, more independent; Symbolized by the Flapper Short skirts, rouged cheeks, hair won in a bob Challenged Victorian era norms/social conduct

Modernism & Art Modernism= pessimistic, skeptical view of the world Influenced by Sigmund Freud; Human behavior driven by unconscious desires (subconscious)

The “Lost Generation” Term for American writers of the 1920s No longer had faith in virtues of Victorian Era; Disillusioned with society F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, T.S. Eliot

The Harlem Renaissance

Harlem Became center of the growth of African American culture Over 200,000 African Americans lived in Harlem during the ’20s Many from the South & the Caribbean (Jamaica/Haiti)

Marcus Garvey & Black Pride African American leader from Jamaica From his travels, came to believed blacks were exploited everywhere Promoted universal black nationalism; Began a “Back to Africa” movement

Marcus Garvey & Black Pride Movement fell apart due to his arrest for mail fraud Deported by government back to Jamaica Impact= Influenced later Civil rights movements; Nation of Islam & Black Power Movement