Essays on 1950S

During 1956 there were solid campaigning ads aimed to war women, like the one that has been required for us to watch. This ad was meant to support the re-election of president Dwight D. Eisenhower. It was narrated by a women and she stated the…

Truman Show With new technology coming out every day, it seems as if the modern world has become anything but safe. Back in the 1950’s, there were no cell phones, social media, or anything that could expose you to harm. In the film The Truman…

There were various elements about the counterculture of Rock ‘n’ Roll that drove both parents and media commentators such as Jeff Greenfield to claim that “Rock ‘n’ Roll was vile, elemental, savage, and dripping with sex” (Altschuler, 2004, pg. 8). The genre wasn’t like anything…

The Culture and Conformity of the 1950’s Homogenizing conformity characterized the years of the 1950’s. Following the Great Depression of the 1930’s and the end of World War II, war-weary Americans above all desired stability and prosperity. The exodus of middle-class citizens from the cities,…

In the 1950’s it was the primary responsibility of the men in the home to go to work and bring home the ‘proverbial’ bacon. The role of a female was to be the nurturing homemaker. While men were educated in their specific career field, women…

1950s was an era when rock ‘n’ roll was strengthening its hold on the society, but it was also an era that was fueled by racial discrimination. Regardless of segregation being illegal during this era, it was nonetheless tangibly apparent within society, and rock ‘n’…