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6.4B |
Culture and society before 1945 |
S6 4 period |
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Theme |
15 lessons
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1.
Modernity in the 20th Century.
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Culture and Mass-culture.
3.
Social, political and economic impact of
mass-culture. |
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What was
modernity (in psychology, arts, literature and society)?
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How did 19th
century industrialisation change the individual and
society?
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What
examples of mass-culture appeared?
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What did
mass-culture offer to people and society?
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Could all
members of society participate?
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What
problems arose? How did traditional values work with
Americanisation/Cultural Bolshevism?
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How was
mass-culture used politically and economically?
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Key Words |
Literacy, Urbanisation, Technical Innovation (Scientific
Management - Taylorism), Mass Production (Fordism),
Rationalisation, Leisure time, Mass-Consumption,
Mass-Media, Mass-Culture, Hollywood, Sports, Jazz,
Swing, Advertising, Propaganda, Urban/Rural Divide, Fear
of the Future, Americanisation, Cultural Bolshevism
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Possible Reference Points |
Lumière Brothers Cinématographe (1895), Ford Model T,
Sound Film ‘Talkies’ (1927), the BBC (1927), Bauhaus,
Einstein: Theory of Relativity (1905), Freud: The
Interpretation of Dreams (1900), James Joyce: Ulysses
(1922), Kafka, Proust, Matisse, Picasso, Braque,
Kandinsky, The Olympic Games (1936), Films - Eisenstein:
Battleship Potemkin, Fritz Lang: Metropolis, Chaplin:
City Lights, Modern Times.
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Syllabus Links |
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Europe 1
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Europe 2
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6.4A
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6.4E
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6.4F
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