Pop Culture By: Elsie Paugh Tariq Thompson

body image is a thing Body Image: 1920s: boyish figure, being really thin knees, no curves causes: advertising and manufacturing 1930s: femininity return of the curves girly colors

Movies are also a thing ● Sheiks and Rudolph Valentino ● in the 20s and 30s, movies releases were averaging about 800 per year ● originally silent films up until 1927, with Jazz Singer ● people at first hated the new Hollywood because it ruined the quaintness of the town

Sex Culture is a thing ● creation of the “femme fatale” in literature ● at the same time, movies were first putting sex onto the big screen ● these influences led to the birth of the flapper ● petting parties were a thing, oh boy ● Sigmund Freud’s sexually charged theories

Advertising is a thing shift from information to desire brands started to create loyalty in 1930s advertising took on gender roles beginning of sexual appeal in advertising

Jazz is also a thing ● jazz reflected the unpredictable nature of the 20s through its improvisation ● jazz was thought of as devil’s music, as new genres typically are ● cotton club

Dancing is a thing Dancing changed from no contact to the Waltz to the Foxtrot The Toddle and The Charleston Dance marathons The Lindy Hop Swing Dancing and The Jitterbug

Partying and Nightclubs are now a thing Partying Partying was no longer about Balls and Grand Banquets Parties became about dancing and having a “wild” time The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald is known for its accurate description of how the rich partied in the 20s. Nightclubs ● clubs called speakeasies began, where you could buy bootlegged liquor

Nightclubs (Continued) ● many celebrities and public figures, despite the prohibition, flocked to these clubs for a good time ● stork club

Comics are finally a thing In the 1930s comics shift from strips in a newspaper to full comic books Comics became popular in the mid 1930s with Detective Comics This gave rise to the first publishing company DC comics In the late 1930s, the first action comic series comes out with its first superhero: Superman. DC releases another two big hits “Bat-Man” and “The Flash” the next year Timely Comics release Marvel Comics

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