FAMST 101D Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Consumerism
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It"s content and form were so ambiguous and widely accessible/applicable that anyone could extract their own value from it. Listeners could identify with different aspects in different ways. Acknowledged the societal anxieties of the great depression and wwii. Represented and reflected on widespread anxieties and concerns. Also attempted to relieve such feelings for listeners; opened up the opportunity fo resolutions. Brought up topics about all and challenged the audience to confront their beliefs, fears, expectations, etc. Show takes positions on issues of the time period - diving into cultural issues, doing the work to analyze and present them. Explain, for example, the relationship between jack and rochester and show how it mediated tensions regarding race, masculinity, and consumerism. Re: race - rochester was a black man affiliated with sex, slavery, gambling, and servitude. He also played into white stereotypes, although not as explicitly as other program at the time (like amos and andy)
