to what extent were the 1950's characterised by conformity?
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- to what extent were the 1950's characterised by conformity?
- evidence for suburban conformity
- suburbia
- everybody moved there, all houses looked the same
- 1960: 33% of all people lived in suburbia
- workplace - organisation man
- 1947-1957 salaried middle class workers rose by 61%
- fuelled by explosive growth of large corporations
- such lives shown in books
- the organization man 1956 (sold 2 million copies)
- post war high schools offered courses on socially acceptable behaviour
- California Vocational School 'socially engineered' pupils to custom built men
- 1947-1957 salaried middle class workers rose by 61%
- Television
- family sitcoms e.g. father knows best showed domestic bliis
- promoted consumerism through non stop advertisement
- 90% of American homes had televisions
- TV was favourite past time for 50% of Americans
- designed for maximum mass appeal
- sponsors wouldn't sponsor Nat King Cole Shown (56-57) as he was black
- promoted consumerism through non stop advertisement
- sponsors wouldn't sponsor Nat King Cole Shown (56-57) as he was black
- Hollywood
- western movies showed heroic men and submissive women and evil 'indians'
- Advertising
- conformity promoted by this
- 1950: $5.7 billion, 1960: $11.9 billion
- conformity promoted by this
- suburbia
- evidence against suburban conformity
- Televison
- helped develop and define a more national culture
- decreasing provincialism
- The Open Mind - new ***** interview with MLK jr.
- helped develop and define a more national culture
- Hollywood and Film
- challenging racial steryotypes
- The Defiant Ones 1958
- Imitation of Life 1959 showing a black mother as the hero
- however South Pacific 1958 - 2 interracial relationships
- box office hit
- not received well in the south - caused race riots in Long Island NY
- more sexually explicit films
- demonstrated the capacity to change and challenge
- Baby Doll 1956
- able to ignore motion picture code due to more liberal views
- challenging traditional female roles and middle class conformity
- All that heaven allows 1995
- where widow Jane Wyman, rejects the middle class materialism and hypocrisy
- Crime of passion 1957
- Barbara Stanwyck's plays successful journalist suffocated by suburban life who has an affair
- All that heaven allows 1995
- Hollywood teen rebels
- Rebel without a cause 1955
- Blackboard jungle 1955
- challenging racial steryotypes
- Televison
- evidence for suburban conformity
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