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In many places across the globe, culture between the two world wars possessed a set of common characteristics that were both novel and unique to this particular time period. The cataclysm of the First World War had redrawn the map and unsettled social hierarchies. New governments replaced old empires with the promise to remake and renew humanity. At the same time, social and gender relations were transformed and the “New Woman” claimed a more active role in the public and social spheres. Simultaneously, there were substantial advances in mass media. Advertising techniques spread, film and radio became ever-more popular and more prevalent, and elaborate civic celebrations and mass festivals became an ever-more common feature around the world.
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Petrone, K. (2016). Aesthetics, Propaganda and Culture in Mass Dictatorships. In: Corner, P., Lim, JH. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Mass Dictatorship. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-43763-1_17
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