In your own words please describe the growing division between teenagers and older generations in the 1950s. What was it about rock 'n' roll that made it an incubator for alienation and rebelliousness?
Before the WWII, teenagers were different in that they had limited freedom, scarce resources for making any purchases that were solely for their wants, not necessarily for their or the family’s needs, and the span of time that comprised a “carefree youth” that we now take for granted did not exist for majority of the young people before the advent of the Baby Boomer generation.
After WWII, the economy in the U.S. was booming and parents, mindful of the hardships they experienced in their youth, could indulge their children with material things such as allowances that they could spend at their discretion. Teenagers of this generation were not required or expected to turn over anything they might earn to their parents to help with household expenses. They also had more leisure time to spend doing things they considered fun. The attitudes about education also changed in that teenagers were now expected to graduate from high school, and some parents even had the means to send their children to college.
Given the lifestyle these indulges provided the teenagers of the 1950s, their experiences in no way mirrored the much more …show more content…
One of those things was the rhythm and beat of the music and what adults felt it inspired and promoted among the teenagers who purchased and danced to the music. They felt that the beat promoted sexual conduct and rebelliousness in teenagers. It was music that belonged to a culture that before the 1950s did not exist. These baby boomers made such an impact on American society, both negative and positive, that they are the only generation of teenagers that were recognized as such by the United States Census
Before the WWII, teenagers were different in that they had limited freedom, scarce resources for making any purchases that were solely for their wants, not necessarily for their or the family’s needs, and the span of time that comprised a “carefree youth” that we now take for granted did not exist for majority of the young people before the advent of the Baby Boomer generation.
After WWII, the economy in the U.S. was booming and parents, mindful of the hardships they experienced in their youth, could indulge their children with material things such as allowances that they could spend at their discretion. Teenagers of this generation were not required or expected to turn over anything they might earn to their parents to help with household expenses. They also had more leisure time to spend doing things they considered fun. The attitudes about education also changed in that teenagers were now expected to graduate from high school, and some parents even had the means to send their children to college.
Given the lifestyle these indulges provided the teenagers of the 1950s, their experiences in no way mirrored the much more …show more content…
One of those things was the rhythm and beat of the music and what adults felt it inspired and promoted among the teenagers who purchased and danced to the music. They felt that the beat promoted sexual conduct and rebelliousness in teenagers. It was music that belonged to a culture that before the 1950s did not exist. These baby boomers made such an impact on American society, both negative and positive, that they are the only generation of teenagers that were recognized as such by the United States Census