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The Dial's advertisements also reveal multicultural intrigue, though from a safe distance. In the supplementary section of advertisements there is evidence of a great deal of upper-class marketing. Solicitors invite readers to Oriental rug wholesalers, Jewelry dealers, Russian tea rooms, Spanish themed vacations, patronage to The Plaza hotel in New York and Boston, and to purchase multi-volume literary collections from such venerated authors as Mark Twain and Joseph Conrad. Though the advertisements do suggest a post-war fascination with the exotic, they also implicate intellectual and societal elitism. One may inquire whether the "worldly" audience could have included the minorities it so fancifully publicizes. | The Dial's advertisements also reveal multicultural intrigue, though from a safe distance. In the supplementary section of advertisements there is evidence of a great deal of upper-class marketing. Solicitors invite readers to Oriental rug wholesalers, Jewelry dealers, Russian tea rooms, Spanish themed vacations, patronage to The Plaza hotel in New York and Boston, and to purchase multi-volume literary collections from such venerated authors as Mark Twain and Joseph Conrad. Though the advertisements do suggest a post-war fascination with the exotic, they also implicate intellectual and societal elitism. One may inquire whether the "worldly" audience could have included the minorities it so fancifully publicizes. | ||
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We are surprised to have found some of the things that are in the Dial in an American publication in in 1922. To name a few: | We are surprised to have found some of the things that are in the Dial in an American publication in in 1922. To name a few: | ||
Adolf Dehn's "Drinkers" - a painting of alcoholic beverages and their consumption. In 1922, Prohibition was still in effect in the United States. We were surprised that a literary magazine that is geared toward intellectuals would contain content that depicts something illegal. | Adolf Dehn's "Drinkers" - a painting of alcoholic beverages and their consumption. In 1922, Prohibition was still in effect in the United States. We were surprised that a literary magazine that is geared toward intellectuals would contain content that depicts something illegal. | ||
