Post on 17-May-2015
Culturally, the 1920’s was a decade of great contrasts.
Modernism
“Modern” sensibility
Materialism
Scientific View
Urban / Cosmopolitan
Traditionalism
“Traditional values”
Idealism
Religious View of the World
Rural / Provincial
Modernity
1) Urbanity
2) Mass Culture
3) Sexual Revolution
4) Scientific Revolutions
Traditionalism
1) Nativism
2) Rise of the Klan
3) Prohibition
4) Fundamentalism