Socio-Economic Context

what does asnd explore

a time of transition for the american south and the tensions resulting from old money into modernity and diversity

what is the influence of the american dream

• welcomed generation of immigrants who feel intrinsically all american

• the working class people who feel they can achieve whatever they desire through hard work, perseverance and individualism

what was the influence of ww2

• encouraged an individualistic all american ideology

• enabled a sense of american heroism based on overcoming the great depression defeating the Nazis

• a national spotlight was shone of working class men who survived the war and rejoined the peacetime workforce

• they were now seen as bearers of american hardworking spirit

how did this effect the family dynamics

• this had implications for the championing of masculinity

• the nation decided to embrace value centered around family, heroising these men while placing women in a more domestic role

• women who had joined the workforce in the absence of men, were now being shoved back into a traditional role