1950s

The 1950s sparked events within the United States of America that lead to a chain reaction of innovation and movements throughout the country. This decade in America set the stage for future advancements in technology and society. The name that gives this decade in time justice is “The Decade of Improvement Many areas of the country experienced innovation including, the medical field, the civil rights movement, and the entertainment industry. The events that occurred within these areas led to…

The 1950s was a revolutionary era that definitely affected the course of American History in many ways. During this decade we saw the arrival of the television, suburbanization, and last but not least, the Civil Rights Movement. The affects of the television are one of the more obvious contributers to American society. Although, mainly the wealthy owned a television in the 1950s it was beginning to become more common and now it is a common household item. In fact, over 90% of households in…

Modernism and the cold war can be regarded as the twin shaping forces on cultural production in the 1950s. When some ardent practitioners tried to move beyond modernist art, others retreated from it, but it remained the defining aesthetic paradigm of the decade. As historical mode modernism became institutionalised in the 1950s as established by the Nobel laureate trio comprising the modernist writers Faulkner, Eliot and Hemingway. Kitsch and modernism were deeply entangled during the period.…

Films during 1950's The 1950's was an important era for the United States, an era of economic growth for most of the people. This era is know for many different aspects and creations, time activities growth, modern jazz, credit card, fast food, the advent of television and movies,etc. The 1950's films were one of the biggest movements in that time, films created a positive effect in society, and was also a popular movement. However, how to know is this was a positive or negative if everyone…

Some would argue that the Clutter family was a primary example of the all-American family in the 1950s, yet there is a hole in that argument. The stereotype of the all-American family in the 1950s was a nice, respectable Christian family with a hard-working father, a caring mother that stayed at home and took care of the house and the children, and smart independent children. Herb Clutter followed the stereotype of being a hard-working father by taking care of himself because he did “not smoke…

Dating in the 1950s-1960s is definately different then now. Back then the boy asked the girl out and he also went into the girl's house and spoke with the father before she could go on a date. many of the quaint rituals of dating in the1950s-1960's show common courtesy that is lacking today. here are the ways girls had to do things in the 1960's. The girl couldn't pay for the date. At a restaraunt, its ladylike to tell a date what you wnat for dinner so he can order for you. Here is the…

the relationship while the women are serving them. In source B, the advertisement states “she was ready to have him walk all over her” simply because he wears the pants advertised. This is a brutal example of the discrimination shown to women in the 1950’s. Source A and B, both show women as subservient, Source B, going as far to act as if they were possessions a man might like to buy, almost advertising the women in the same light as the pants. They differ however, in some smaller details. In…

been shown, but quite a few of societal norms are exactly the norms back then as well. In this essay, I will be talking about showing sexual content on TV and public display of affection. Television did not really begin to get popular until the 1950s after World War 2, even though it came out in 1927. It was a great source of entertainment and also a great way to catch…

The period of 1950’s in America was era which changed the views on a certain issues and interpretation of these issues of american people. With the rise of communism, suspicion of spies in government and visions on space exploration, American civilians were introduced to number of unexplored and unexplained inside story of unknown terrene for them. I think invasion of body snatchers perfectly describes the situation of the american people in that era by taking concepts of real spies in…

Following the end of World War II, Europe went from a devastated and broken continent to a continent that had a population explosion and major economic growth. The 1950s and 60s were a time of great prosperity. People were working, raising families and war was the last thing on their minds, However there was a discontent that was occurring between the USSR and the United States. Many of the European nations did not want to get involved in “The Cold War” and tried to focus on the positive…