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    The 1920s are a time filled with American culture and a mix of everything new technologies‚ different cultural views and newly broken barriers. Jazz music was also brought into the lives of white civilians bringing a whole new culture mix to areas otherwise recognized as segregated. These new styles of life and music brought together two different communities yet also set problems for both. Seen as a time of shine and beauty not all was black and white and with the aid of colored writers and poets

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    and then we had these black bloomers that were box pleated. […] We began to have the shorts‚ but they came right here at the knees.” Wilma Jean Buntin’s description of the basketball uniforms reflected the type of sports clothing wore during the 1920s. These uniforms called gym suits emulated the different ideas of the decade known as the Flapper. The sweater

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    Roaring Twenties After the great war‚ the surviving soldiers of the war came back to see that America has changed ever since they left. Not only did women’s fashion changed‚ but also their appearance and attitudes. Women were also trying to fight for rights to vote. A lot of other things happened as well‚ like African Americans moving to northern cities‚ automobiles taking over the streets as time pass. With so much going on‚ immigrants were rapidly migrating to America‚ which caused nativists

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    Animation in the 1920s As the science of technology rose into entertainment‚ not even Hollywood could compete with the new stars of animation. The first broadcast ever was in 1928 and the technology used for the broadcasts consisted of a turntable‚ which was solely used to be the base for the Felix the Cat figurine and propped him up for the shoot; studio lights‚ which helped transmit the picture and they also needed to be constant; an actor was needed and had to be impervious to heat‚ cheap

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    Introduction 1920s- the time of evolution in every field‚ while in Europe this period is sometimes referred to as the "Golden Age Twenties". Film industry saw a new growth in the animation as the drawing took a life form on the black and white slate. One of the rising industries in those times was The Walt Disney Company. The times were ripe for any kind of experiments and as expected it paid off. Walt Disney‚ the man behind the company dreamt of talking animals and comic characters as every child

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    Design Influences 1920s The economic glory days of the 1920s is renowned for its luxury items and art movements but was this just for an elitist sect to the decade known as the golden era? The ’roaring twenties ’ was a period of striking change and social upheaval. The period was of dramatic technological advancements as the 1920s witnessed new discoveries and inventions that became the foundation of prosperous businesses in virtually every field. The Great War had hastened development

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    The 1920s were a time of great cultural change in America. Traditionalists found the new values of the Jazz Age to be utterly sinful and immoral. The youth of the twenties rebelled against the constraints of their elders in several ways. One of the most provocative changes was the "new look" for young women. The Flapper Era entered America with a bang. Ladies did the unthinkable in cutting their long tresses to chin length bobs‚ smoking‚ wearing shorter dresses and even engaging

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    In the early 1920s‚ America was at its peak of prosperity and economy growth. This time period was labeled the “New Era” and “Roaring Twenties” because of the decade’s high-spirited energy and cultural changes. American men and women had this idea that business and its wonderful products were what made America great and they would indulge in spending in new consumer items American factories send forth. Mass production of goods fueled corporate profits and national economic prosperity. Though the

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    indulged in “The War against Terrorism” that there is no way to find out as far as quitting this serious situation is concerned. She has to bear the brunt of this unprovoked situation in the shape of organized violence‚ murders‚ bomb blasts‚ rapes‚ corruption‚ torture and brutality. This would further aggravate Pessimism‚ mistrust‚ hostility and cynicism and would exasperate ethnicity‚ sectarianism‚ tribal‚ clan and biradari-based politics. These effects of Terrorism on Pakistan will further devastate

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    THE 1920s: MODERNISM Main writers from this period Oscar Wilde Joseph Conrad W.B. Yeats Henry James Arnold Bennett John Galsworthy H.G. Wells Modernism first came to England at the end of 19th century in the work of Oscar Wilde‚ the early W.B. Yeats and Joseph Conrad and later‚ Henry James. But in the first decade and a half of the century there is a reaction against the avant-garde movement and there is a return to a more realistic and traditional kind of writing (Arnold Bennett

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