U.S. Cultural Trends (50’s/ 60’s)
Media
Television enters households in the 50s
Media wants to target more people, so they made shows and broadcasted things that were less offensive and more family friendly
I love lucy was a popular tv show in the 50s, Bewitched and Dick Van Dyke in the 60s
Color tv was picking up in the mid to late 60s
People only had landlines, no cell phones yet
Music
Elvis came into light, much to the dismay of parents
Rock and roll was spreading like wildfire
The 60s was a big time in the music industry with countless legends
The beatles
Stevie Wonder
Rolling Stones
Fashion
50s/60s
There was more freedom in what people could wear
The war didn't take up everybody's time and energy, so they could put more thought into clothing …show more content…
The late 60s was nothing like seen before
Tiedye was popular, and skirts got short
There was more skin showing than in the 50s
Other important things going on
50s
Population was 149,188,000
15.3% of people worked on farms
Homicides per 100,000 people was 5.3
60s
Population was 177,830,000
8.7% of people worked on farms
Homicides per 100,000 people was 4.7
Religion was a big deal
The percentage of church members in america went from 49% in 1950 to 69% in 1960
The Life of Truman Capote
Was born on september 30, 1924 in New Orleans to Lillie Mae Faulk and Archulus Persons
He began to read and write before he started school
Carried around his dictionary at 5 years old
Ought himself how to read
Started writing at the age of 11
Submitted a short story to a writing contest
Would go home from school and write for hours
Friends with Harper Lee, she based a character after him, and he based a character after her
He wrote many short stories when he was a teenager
Worked as a copyboy as a teen for the New Yorker magazine
“Miriam” was published and won a prize in 1946, it was very successful in 1948 he published his first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms
Started on the bestseller list for 9 weeks
Sold over 26,000 copies
Breakfast At Tiffany's was a
Media
Television enters households in the 50s
Media wants to target more people, so they made shows and broadcasted things that were less offensive and more family friendly
I love lucy was a popular tv show in the 50s, Bewitched and Dick Van Dyke in the 60s
Color tv was picking up in the mid to late 60s
People only had landlines, no cell phones yet
Music
Elvis came into light, much to the dismay of parents
Rock and roll was spreading like wildfire
The 60s was a big time in the music industry with countless legends
The beatles
Stevie Wonder
Rolling Stones
Fashion
50s/60s
There was more freedom in what people could wear
The war didn't take up everybody's time and energy, so they could put more thought into clothing …show more content…
The late 60s was nothing like seen before
Tiedye was popular, and skirts got short
There was more skin showing than in the 50s
Other important things going on
50s
Population was 149,188,000
15.3% of people worked on farms
Homicides per 100,000 people was 5.3
60s
Population was 177,830,000
8.7% of people worked on farms
Homicides per 100,000 people was 4.7
Religion was a big deal
The percentage of church members in america went from 49% in 1950 to 69% in 1960
The Life of Truman Capote
Was born on september 30, 1924 in New Orleans to Lillie Mae Faulk and Archulus Persons
He began to read and write before he started school
Carried around his dictionary at 5 years old
Ought himself how to read
Started writing at the age of 11
Submitted a short story to a writing contest
Would go home from school and write for hours
Friends with Harper Lee, she based a character after him, and he based a character after her
He wrote many short stories when he was a teenager
Worked as a copyboy as a teen for the New Yorker magazine
“Miriam” was published and won a prize in 1946, it was very successful in 1948 he published his first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms
Started on the bestseller list for 9 weeks
Sold over 26,000 copies
Breakfast At Tiffany's was a