1950s

Food is a major part of Australian popular culture, food is used in social gatherings and is an essential part of live. Since 1945 there has been many technological changes and influences from overseas, mainly from the continents of Europe and Asia, which have help make changes in what Australian food now is. Australian Food shows how culturally diverse Australia is with influences for parts of Europe, Asia and America. Since 1945 food in Australia has changed because of new technology, and…

In the 1920s, the fear of communism spread throughout America. That fear and panic became known as the Red Scare. Even though the red scare died out in the 1920s, it reoccurred in the 1950s. Because of the impending nuclear war, the fears of communists or being labeled a communist resurged. The efforts made by Eisenhower, to address these fears, failed because they aggravated the Cold War situation and elevated the fears of Americans. The fears of the American population grew immensely with…

Jack Kerouac: Disillusionment of American Youth and the Beat Generation In the 1950’s American youth was victimized for their own social and spontaneous pleasure. Teens were not allowed to do much of what they wanted and were restricted of nearly everything. This book shows the struggle between teens trying to express who they are and the restrictions given by society. The novel, On the Road by Jack Kerouac portrays the disillusionment of American youth which was then a major contribution to…

beating the nonviolent protesters with billy clubs. They hospitalized over fifty people and there was blood all over the road. Inequality and racism is still an ongoing issue in society today. The University of Missouri’s student group called the ‘1950’ is demanding changes on campus because of racial slurs, harassment and the n-word…

While some might consider the 1950s to represent an era of consensus, when people choose to conform rather than rock the boat, this characterization in not one-hundred percent true. In fact, there was several different groups within the United States that desired and attempted to sink the boat. For instance, an up and rising rock ‘n’ roll musician, Elvis Presley, was becoming a sensational phenomenon for the teenage listeners but was met with anger from the older generations who believed his…

Discrimination of colored people through segregation laws began to be intolerable and people rose up to protest. One of the more famous protesters was Rosa Parks. During the 1950s it was required by public transportation to segregate colored people from the white people on the bus. Parks went against this rule by not leaving her seat for a white man, for this she was arrested with charges of Civil Disobedience. Her arrest inspired…

straightened, hair finally combed, strangled by a tie, ...” the quote shows perfect evidence about the the ritual and cliche of meeting the parents for the first time, this was a very big deal to American parents during the 1950’s. Marriage and The Sleepover Question propose the idea of the 1950’s American culture and rituals that are seen as formalities to the American and Dutch the meeting the parents, getting married, family and the idea of marriage in different social classes. The only thing…

the Intellectual Institutions in Allen Ginsberg’s Famous Poem There were many events in the 1950’s that cause poverty to the community for instance; there were rebellious youth, wars, and government system issues. Society was very unorganized like the Howl mentioned some of the events that occurred that time period. In addition to this, there were also some other issues that became popular during the 1950’s. The beat generation, for example, became popular since they were the group whose…

Through the years, females forego drastic changes in order to adapt to society. To understand the reason why females changed over the years is not just a vital part of American culture but how people engage in a relationship with one another. In the 1950s, life as an American citizen is all about establishing a family. As a result people were searching for their counterpart in order to build a relationship which would eventually lead to marriage. No one knows for certain what causes drastic…

Everyone has an equal opprotunity. Their country wasn’t always this way though. Not only divided by race but more pettily by gender. Now a days such thing is hardly heard of. What kind of gender roles did the Younger family have to battle back in the 1950’s Beneatha, the youngest woman of the family, had set big goals for herself. Possibly so big that back in that time period, merely impossible. In the story Walter says “Who the hell told you you had to be a doctor? If you so crazy ‘bout…