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The Jazz Age , 1929 movie poster: 'A Scathing Indictment of the Bewidered Children of Pleasure....Riding the Gilded Jugernaut of Jazz & Gin'

The Jazz Age describes the period from 1918-1929, the years between the end of World War I and the start of the Roaring Twenties; ending with the rise of the Great Depression, the traditional values of this age saw great decline while the America stock market soared. The focus of the elements of this age, in some contrast with the Roaring Twenties, in historical and cultural studies, are somewhat different, with a greater emphasis on all Modernism. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... A scene typical of the Follies of Florenz Ziegfeld, the most popular Broadway impresario of the decade. ... For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ... A stock market is a market for the trading of company stock, and derivatives of same; both of these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately. ... For Christian theological modernism, see Liberal Christianity and Modernism (Roman Catholicism). ...

The age takes its name from F. Scott Fitzgerald and jazz music, which saw a tremendous surge in popularity among many segments of society. Among the prominent concerns and trends of the period are the public embrace of technological developments (typically seen as progress)—cars, air travel and the telephone—as well as new modernist trends in social behavior, the arts, and culture. Central developments included Art Deco design and architecture. A great theme of the age was individualism and a greater emphasis on the pursuit of pleasure and enjoyment in the wake of the misery, destruction and perceived hypocrisy and waste of WWI and pre-war values. In addition, many amerature artists began to aspire including Duke Ellington, Picasso, etc. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American Jazz Age author of novels and short stories. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a mastery of technology sufficient to leave the surface of the Earth for the first time and explore space. ... Asheville City Hall. ... Value redirects here. ...

The Jazz Age in Literature

Perhaps one of the most representative literary works of the age is American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (1925), which highlighted what some describe as the decadence and hedonism of the post-WW1 age, as well as new social and sexual attitudes, and the growth of individualism. Fitzgerald is largely credited with coining the term, which he used in such books as "Tales of the Jazz Age." The second novel that he wrote, "The Beautiful and Damned" (1922), also deals with the era and its effect on a young married couple. Fitzgerald's last completed novel, "Tender Is the Night," takes place in the same decade but is set in France and Switzerland not New York, and consequently is not widely considered a Jazz Age novel per se. A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American Jazz Age author of novels and short stories. ... This article is about the novel. ... This article does not cite any sources. ... Individualism is a term used to describe a moral, political, or social outlook that stresses human independence and the importance of individual self-reliance and liberty. ... A neologism is a word, term, or phrase which has been recently created (or coined), often to apply to new concepts, to synthesize pre-existing concepts, or to make older terminology sound more contemporary. ... The Beautiful and Damned , F. Scott Fitzgeralds second novel, tells the story of Anthony Patch (a 1920s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoons fortune), and the relationship with his wife Gloria, his service in the army, and alcoholism. ... Tender Is the Night, first published by Charles Scribners Sons in 1934, is a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. ...

Additional works on the Jazz Age might include Thomas Carrs's titanic 1936 book "Of Time and the River," which takes its protagonist from the depths of the Carolinas, to Harvard, and finally to New York in the 1920s, but for a truly harrowing view of the end of the Jazz Age, Wolfe's "You Can't Go Home Again" is recommended for its party scene on the night of the 1929 stock market crash. Edith Wharton's late novel "Twilight Sleep," set in New York and written in 1927, is a great example of social critiques of Jazz Age values and lifestyles. Additionally,The Rosy Crucifixion of Henry Miller, "Sexus," "Plexus," and "Nexus," is set in New York during this period. The Carolinas is a term used in the United States to refer collectively to the states of North and South Carolina. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... This article is about the state. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Black Monday (1987) on the Dow Jones Industrial Average A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market. ... Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. ... Twilight sleep is an amnesic condition characterized by insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness, induced by an injection of morphine and scopolamine, especially to relieve the pain of childbirth. ... The Rosy Crucifixion is considered by many to be Henry Millers masterpiece. ... Henry Miller photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American writer and, to a lesser extent, painter. ... Book One of Henry Millers Rosy Crucifixion, Sexus details his divorce from his first wife up until his early marriage to his second wife, June Miller. ... Plexus is the second book in Henry Millers fictionalized account of his early life with his second wife, Mona, known as The Rosy Crucifixion. ... Nexus is the third and final book in the trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion. ...

Social Acceptance of Minorities and Homosexuals

Sheet music poking fun at the feminine traits many men adopted during the 1920s.

In urban areas, minorities were treated with more equality than they had been accustomed to previously. This was reflected in some of the films of the decade. Redskin (1929) and Son of the Gods (1929), for instance, deal sympathetically with Native Americans and Asian Americans, openly reviling social bias. On the stage and in movies, black and white players appeared together for the first time. It became possible to go to nightclubs and see whites and minorities dancing and eating together. Even popular songs poked fun at the new social acceptance of homosexuality. One of these songs had the title "Masculine Women, Feminine Men."^[1] It was released in 1926 and recorded by numerous artists of the day and included the following lyrics:^[2] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 436 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (500 × 688 pixel, file size: 78 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Sheet music for the song We Men Must Grow A Mustache. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 436 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (500 × 688 pixel, file size: 78 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Sheet music for the song We Men Must Grow A Mustache. ... Cities with at least a million inhabitants in 2006 An urban area is an area with an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... Redskin 1929 is a feature film with a Synchronized Score and Sound Effects that was photographed partially in Technicolor. ... Son of the Gods (1930) is an All-Talking musical drama film with Technicolor sequences. ... This article is about the people indigenous to the United States. ... An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ... A nightclub (often dance club or club, particularly in the UK) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ...

Masculine women, Feminine men

Which is the rooster, which is the hen?

It's hard to tell 'em apart today! And, say!

Sister is busy learning to shave,

Brother just loves his permanent wave,

It's hard to tell 'em apart today! Hey, hey!

Girls were girls and boys were boys when I was a tot,

Now we don't know who is who, or even what's what!

Knickers and trousers, baggy and wide,

Nobody knows who's walking inside,

Those masculine women and feminine men! ^[3]

Homosexuals also received a level of acceptance that was not seen again until the 1960s. Until the early 1930s, gay clubs were openly operated, commonly known as "pansy clubs". The relative liberalism of the decade is demonstrated by the fact that the actor William Haines, regularly named in newspapers and magazines as the number-one male box-office draw, openly lived in a gay relationship with his lover, Jimmy Shields.^[4] Other popular gay actors/actresses of the decade included Alla Nazimova and Ramon Novarro.^[5] In 1927, Mae West wrote a play about homosexuality called The Drag, and alluded to the work of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs. It was a box-office success. West regarded talking about sex as a basic human rights issue, and was also an early advocate of gay rights. With the return of conservatism in the 1930s, the public grew intolerant of homosexuality, and gay actors were forced to choose between retiring or agreeing to hide their sexuality. For the song Gay Bar by Electric Six, see Electric Six. ... Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. ... William Haines as he appeared in his first part-talkie Alias Jimmy Valentine in 1928. ... Jimmy Shields (c 1896 - 1974) was an interior designer and actor who lived openly as a homosexual man with former movie idol William Haines from 1926 until his death. ... Alla Nazimova, born Mariam Edez Adelaida Leventon (May 22, 1879 – July 14, 1945) was an American theater and film actress, scriptwriter, and producer. ... Ramón Novarro (February 6, 1899 – October 30, 1968) was a Mexican actor who achieved fame as a Latin lover in silent films. ... MAE-West is a major Internet peering point located in San Jose, California. ... A portion of Guadalupe Street that runs along the western edge of the University of Texas campus is known as The Drag. ... -1... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... For the LGBT rights article for a particular country, see LGBT rights by country. ... Gay actors include the following performers, who have identified themselves as being gay or bisexual or have been identified as such by others: Rock Hudson James Dean Anthony Perkins Leslie Cheung Ian McKellen Rupert Everett Richard Chamberlain Robert Gant Raymond Burr Tommy Kirk Stephen Fry Alex McCowen Simon Callow John...

References

Further reading

• Allen, Frederick Lewis. Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the Nineteen-Twenties 1931.
• Gary Dean Best. The Dollar Decade: Mammon and the Machine in 1920s America Praeger Publishers, 2003.

• Dumenil, Lynn. The Modern Temper: American Culture and Society in the 1920s Hill and Wang, 1995
• Fass; Paula. The Damned and the Beautiful: American Youth in the 1920’s. Oxford University Press, 1977.
• David E. Kyvig; Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1939: Decades Promise and Pain Greenwood Press, 2002
• Leuchtenburg, William. The Perils of Prosperity, 1914–1932 University of Chicago Press, 1955.
• Lynd, Robert S., and Helen Merrill Lynd. Middletown: A Study in Modern American Culture Harcourt, Brace and World, 1929. famous sociological study of Muncie, Indiana, in 1920s
• Mowry; George E. ed. The Twenties: Fords, Flappers, & Fanatics Prentice-Hall, 1963 readings
• Parrish, Michael E. Anxious Decades: America in Prosperity and Depression, 1920–1941 W. W. Norton, 1992
• West, James [Carl Withers]. Plainville, U.S.A. Columbia University Press, 1945. sociology of life in a small town