1. The Social Affects of Jazz after World War I
... ' music?" These dances created a fit of hysteria among conservative Americans, as well as among religious figures and authorities. Religious figures condemned them to be "Satanic fool's play," "a refined form of masturbation," and as "negroid mating rites" (Crease 211). In the midst of all these denunciations against jazz, a liberal and intelligent priest by the name of Reverend Charles Stelzle looked past the ... ...
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