Popular Culture: Post-War
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- Created on: 24-04-20 15:17
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- Popular Culture: Post-War
- TEENAGERS
- youth in 1940s & 1950s had more leisure time & more spending money than youth in previous generations
- began to assume own styles & culture
- in 1940 the term 'teenager' was used to describe this age group
- 1950s teenagers were associated with rebellion as youth were seen to act against parents & society by setting up their own alternative standards
- teenage rebels were represented by movie stars like Marlon Brando & James Dean who were regarded by most parents as unsuitable role models for their offspring
- ROCK & ROLL
- teenage discontent was also shown in music
- the new 'Beat music' of 1940s soon changed to rock and roll of 1950s
- popularity of rock and roll spread
- singers like Elvis Presley were famous all over the world
- TELEVISION
- ownership of TV grew rapidly compared to other household items
- 1948= 0.4% owned a TV
- 1954= 55.7% owned a TV
- 1958= 83.2% owned a TV
- TV replaced reading, listening to radio or going to cinema
- 1950s it was dominated by commercial sponsors, trying to encourage spending in consumer society
- most programmes were game shows, sitcoms & soap operas- TV news became important as national networks developed
- lots of children in 1950s because of baby boom after war= specific programmes developed for them
- ownership of TV grew rapidly compared to other household items
- TEENAGERS
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