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

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

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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
2. 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