lecture 12703

Lecture Overheads, 1/27/03:

Topic: The Rise of Youth Culture and Concerns about Socialization

Last time, 19th century:
1. immigration
2. legacy of Jackson: all have right to be part of public

But: concerns about immigration and its relation to democratic public.

Movies, as Butsch describes in The Making of American Audiences, were a new form of diversion, largely for an immigrant, urban public.
Why were they appealing?

Strife in the early 20th century:

Resposes to the situation involved the media in different ways and by different groups:
1. Reformers
2. Journalists, documentarians, photographers
3. Organizers

Jacob Riis: What were his goals?

Working girls: Media attention, but misunderstood in two ways:But also sparked more demonstrations, debates

Beginnings of youth culture in demands of working class life

Nervousness: displaced onto age from class, racial/ethnic differenceReform: model of change through return to former, simpler time.

Progressivism: the effort to realize familiar and traditional ideals under novel circumstances.
Three paradoxes of the Progressive movement:
1. civilization/savagery
2. liberty/uniformity
3. organized movements: good or bad?


		last updated: 1/25/03 Lecture Overheads, 1/27/03: Topic: The Rise of Youth Culture and Concerns about Socialization Last time, 19th century: 1. immigration 2. legacy of Jackson: all have right to be part of public But: concerns about immigration and its relation to democratic public. Movies, as Butsch describes in The Making of American Audiences, were a new form of diversion, largely for an immigrant, urban public. Why were they appealing? Strife in the early 20th century: Resposes to the situation involved the media in different ways and by different groups: 1. Reformers 2. Journalists, documentarians, photographers 3. Organizers Jacob Riis: What were his goals? Working girls: Media attention, but misunderstood in two ways:But also sparked more demonstrations, debates Beginnings of youth culture in demands of working class life Nervousness: displaced onto age from class, racial/ethnic differenceReform: model of change through return to former, simpler time. Progressivism: the effort to realize familiar and traditional ideals under novel circumstances. Three paradoxes of the Progressive movement: 1. civilization/savagery 2. liberty/uniformity 3. organized movements: good or bad?