Test 2 IDs Flashcards
Bop Prosody
When: After WWII, Late ’40s Early ’50s
What/Who: Kind of abstract of jazz-like consciousness, styled as they idealized it, engaging in re-write process, romantic view of the world
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City Lights Bookstore
When: 1953
What/Who: place to publish and sell, created by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, nation first bookstore dedicated to inexpensive paper back, alternative literature, books under the radar
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Howl
When: 1955, Ginsberg read aloud
What/Who: a poem, ghost being excised in his life, graphic sexually, pain of experiences
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Beatnik
When: 1957
What/Who: new cultural phenomenon, dressed in black, used words like “dig” and “jive”, rejected conformity, critics say irresponsible, children raised in environment of beer cans everywhere, antifamily space
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“race records”
When: Early 1920s last until WWII
What/Who: records produced by black artist but the companies that were making and selling, buy large were owned by white americans, white company selling black music for black audience
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“That’s All Right”
When: 1954
What/Who: Elvis sings song and got recorded by accident, becomes huge hit, originally authored by african american Arthur Crudup
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“Elvis the Pelvis”
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What/Who: Elvis makes obscene gesture, gyrating pelvis, he used his whole body when he performed, earns the nickname, performs and popularizes on tv
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Big Mama Thornton
When: 1953
What/Who: cuts song Hound Dog, first sang Hound Dog, records in Peacock Records in Houston, achieved success with song and continued her career, didn’t make money from the song like Elvis did
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Fredric Wertham
When: 1954
What/Who: wanted to do away with crime comics, should be a subject of sensor, published a best seller “Seduction of the Innocent” detailing dangers of comics upon children especially crime comics
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Comic Book Code
When: 1954
What/Who: created voluntarily as a form of self regulation and avoid government regulation, stopped publishing crime comics, comics become sanitized
Why: Response to fear of comics lead to juvenile delinquency
The Kefauver Committee
When: 1955
What/Who: dedicated to fighting juvenile delinquency, creates sense of problem being greater due to official committee, blamed media for juvenile delinquency, consequence was increase in research money for people doing research on JD
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Blackboard Jungle
When: 1955
What/Who: first JD film, explosively received film, studio concerned too much for american audiences, American legion said did more to hurt reputation in the world than any other
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Emmett Till
When: 1955
What/Who: at age 14, Chicago black was dared to tell a white woman bye baby, ends up being killed for what he has done, mother has open casket to show what those white people did to her child
Why: it catalyzes people, gives the community an eye-opening and decides to reorganize itself
Sit-ins
When: Feb 1st, 1960
What/Who: 4 young men decide to sit in white section in cafeteria, employees are shocked and they do it again each day with increasing number of students joining, started in other cities, 50,000 students participate in sit-in
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Ella Baker
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