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Jazz Culture emerged at the turn of the century as a rebellious response against an already established cultural norm based on that of European society and aimed to act as a catalyst for the formation of future subcultures. This Jazz Age began the process of breaking already existent cultural barriers in order to pave the way for the emergence of various other modernistic subcultures. One can argue that the genre’s unique emergence, multicultural background, and musical characteristics, all contributed to the formation of a primitive American identity which directly led to the emergence of a new modernistic American subculture that still characterizes America today. Because of its innovative characteristics, the early jazz movement was critical in helping to define America by providing a means of cultural liberation to the youth. After each decade, the understanding of, and the attitudes towards jazz have changed depending on national events, the biases of the public, the self-presentation of the artist, and even international conflicts. During a period when Americans were not able to define what it meant to be an American because of the lingering European influences, the Jazz subculture emerged and provided a means for cultural liberation from the overwhelming constrains of European values and tradition.
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