Sarah Zama's Blog, page 25
April 20, 2020
Queer (Living the Twenties #AtoZChallenge 2020)
In most countries in the 1920s, the intercourse between people of the same sex was against the law. Still, slowly,this community started to gain recognition
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April 17, 2020
Prohibition (Living the Twenties #AtoZChallenge 2020)
Prohibition characterised American history for thirteen year, influencing life, social mores and probably the attitude of people towarda the law
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April 16, 2020
Orientalism (Living the Twenties #AtoZChallenge 2020)
Orientalism is the fascination of the Western World for the Asia and a cultural appreciation that started in the Napoleonic times and never really faded
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April 15, 2020
Nationalism (Living the Twenties #AtoZChallenge 2020)
That the idea of nationalism goes back to the Enlightenment and the rise of the national states, when the ideas of people and of nation started to form.
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April 14, 2020
Minorities (Living the Twenties #AtoZChallenge 2020)
The 1920s perceived increment in prosperity gave the opportunity to many social groups to emerge and have express themselves more freely.
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Lost Generation (Living the Twenties #AtoZChallenge 2020)
The Lost Generation was born right before or right after 1900, and came of age during WWI. But their disillusionment affected even younger people
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April 13, 2020
Kitchen Appliances (Living the Twenties #AtoZChallenge 2020)
In the 1920s, when the war was over, many house appliances that we take for granted today appeared on the market, with prices many people could afford.
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April 10, 2020
Jazz (Living the Twenties #AtoZChallenge 2020)
It would be impossible to undervalue the importance of jazz in the 1920s. Far from being a mere form of music, jazz was the language of the new world. It incarnated everything modern, new, daring and futuristic.
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April 9, 2020
Isolationism (Living the Twenties #AtoZChallenge 2020)
At the moment in which the United States's presence on the world stage became more critical, they pulled back and pursued a policy of isolationism.
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April 8, 2020
Home (Living the Twenties #AtoZChallenge 2020)
Houses in the 1920s change dramatically. The the massive electrification of the cities allowed for new home layouts and interior decorations
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