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UNINA9910784453703321 |
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Autore |
Halliwell Martin |
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Titolo |
American culture in the 1950s [[electronic resource] /] / Martin Halliwell |
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Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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9786610833931 |
1-280-83393-9 |
0-7486-2890-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (337 p.) |
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Collana |
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Twentieth-century American culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nineteen fifties |
Popular culture - United States - History - 20th century |
United States Civilization 1945- |
United States Intellectual life 20th century |
United States Social life and customs 1945-1970 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliography and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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COPYRIGHT; Contents; Figures; Case Studies; Acknowledgements; Chronology of 1950's American Culture; Introduction The Intellectual Context; Chapter 1 Fiction and Poetry; Chapter 2 Drama and Performance; Chapter 3 Music and Radio; Chapter 4 Film and Television; Chapter 5 The Visual Arts beyond Modernism; Conclusion Rethinking the 1950's; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book provides a stimulating account of the dominant cultural forms of 1950s America: fiction and poetry; theatre and performance; film and television; music and radio; and the visual arts. Through detailed commentary and focused case studies of influential texts and events - from Invisible Man to West Side Story, from Disneyland to the Seattle World's Fair, from Rear Window to The Americans - the book examines the way in which modernism and the cold war offer two frames of reference for understanding the trajectory of postwar culture. The two core aims of this volume are to chart the changing complexion of American culture in the years following World War II and to provide readers with a critical investigation of 'the 1950s'. The book provides an intellectual context for approaching 1950s American culture and |
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