jazz age

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The Jazz Age was a cultural era of the 1920s marked by the explosive popularity of jazz music, new forms of dance and nightlife, and a broader spirit of modernity and social change in the United States and beyond.

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Age of Jazz 1
jazz age canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural era
hasAlternativeName Age of Jazz
linked to: jazz age

Roaring Twenties
hasCause Great Migration of African Americans
economic prosperity of the Roaring Twenties
post–World War I social changes
spread of jazz from New Orleans and other Southern cities
technological advances in recording and radio
hasCulturalMovement Art Deco
Harlem Renaissance
Lost Generation literature
linked to: Lost Generation

New Negro movement
linked to: Harlem Renaissance

flapper movement
modernism
hasEffect debates over modernity and tradition
expansion of nightlife entertainment industry
global spread of American popular culture
greater visibility of African American culture
influence on fashion
influence on film
influence on literature
influence on visual arts
mainstream acceptance of jazz music
moral panic among social conservatives
transformation of popular dance
hasEndCause onset of the Great Depression
hasEndEvent Wall Street Crash of 1929
hasEndTime 1929
hasInfluenceArea Europe
Latin America
global popular culture
hasKeyFeature Art Deco aesthetics
Black Bottom dance
linked to: Charleston (dance)

Charleston dance
linked to: Charleston (dance)

Harlem Renaissance context
Lindy Hop origins
Prohibition-era underground clubs
automobile culture
cabarets
changing gender roles
consumerism
cosmopolitan lifestyles
dance crazes
dance halls
dance marathons
emergence of celebrity culture
experimentation with alcohol despite Prohibition
experimentation with sexuality
explosive popularity of jazz music
flapper culture
improvisation in music
loosening of social norms
mass entertainment
modernist attitudes
new forms of dance
nightlife culture
phonograph records
racial mixing in nightlife venues
radio broadcasting
revues
rise of Hollywood cinema
speakeasies
syncopated rhythms
urbanization
youth culture
hasMainLocation United States
hasNotableCity Berlin
Chicago
Kansas City
London
linked to: London, England

New Orleans
New York City
Paris
hasNotableFigure Al Capone
Bessie Smith
Clarence Williams
Cole Porter
Duke Ellington
F. Scott Fitzgerald
George Gershwin
Josephine Baker
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
Zelda Fitzgerald
hasNotableGenre Chicago jazz
New Orleans jazz
Tin Pan Alley popular song
blues
swing precursors
hasStartTime 1920
isDescribedIn Tales of the Jazz Age
The Great Gatsby
overlapsWith Harlem Renaissance
Prohibition era
Roaring Twenties

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Jazz Age hasAlternativeName Age of Jazz
subject linked to: jazz age
linked to: jazz age