Flapper : A Mad Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and The Women Who Made America Modern by Joshua Zeitz analyzes the people who developed the image of flapper. This book is an inside look of 1920’s. It is an indication of a complete change in American culture. Flappers were the new woman who were claiming her rights to date, work, drink alcohol, smoke, dance, and to get free from the social norms.
Joshua Zeitz states “the flapper was not a dramatic change from traditional american values but reflected the modern decades under mass media, consumerism, and celebrity.” Zeitz gives intuition into the many women who created the image of the flapper which includes Zelda Fitzgerald ( wife of Scott Fitzgerald), Coco Chanel ( a French fashion designer), and Lois Long( the writer of the New Yorker). However, Zelda Fitzgerald was the person whose story was written in the first chapter of this book. So, this book is mostly focused about her life and what was her role in making the america modern. Zelda was the most charming and beautiful girl of that era. Zeitz pictured the …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald commences the picture of the flapper by writing novels and short stories. Communication is the basic to spread several “celebrity” actors. Formation of the “celebrity was famous during that decade. To get a public attention advertisement was done through radio, newspapers and film. Hollywood uses these “celebrities” to endorse the flapper image. Colleen moore wasn’t the first actress to portray the flapper on screen, but a lot of women aspires to be like her by losing weight and imitating their behaviour. There are many similarities and different ideas in Anxious Decades: “ America in Prosperity and Depression by Michael Parrish.” Old progressives generally thought the new woman reinforced gender stereotypes. Zeitz did produces the similar information. Moreover, he mentioned that the women from reform groups prefer
Joshua Zeitz states “the flapper was not a dramatic change from traditional american values but reflected the modern decades under mass media, consumerism, and celebrity.” Zeitz gives intuition into the many women who created the image of the flapper which includes Zelda Fitzgerald ( wife of Scott Fitzgerald), Coco Chanel ( a French fashion designer), and Lois Long( the writer of the New Yorker). However, Zelda Fitzgerald was the person whose story was written in the first chapter of this book. So, this book is mostly focused about her life and what was her role in making the america modern. Zelda was the most charming and beautiful girl of that era. Zeitz pictured the …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald commences the picture of the flapper by writing novels and short stories. Communication is the basic to spread several “celebrity” actors. Formation of the “celebrity was famous during that decade. To get a public attention advertisement was done through radio, newspapers and film. Hollywood uses these “celebrities” to endorse the flapper image. Colleen moore wasn’t the first actress to portray the flapper on screen, but a lot of women aspires to be like her by losing weight and imitating their behaviour. There are many similarities and different ideas in Anxious Decades: “ America in Prosperity and Depression by Michael Parrish.” Old progressives generally thought the new woman reinforced gender stereotypes. Zeitz did produces the similar information. Moreover, he mentioned that the women from reform groups prefer