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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811194203321

Autore

Malchow Howard L

Titolo

Special relations : the Americanization of Britain? / / H.L. Malchow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-8047-7783-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (389 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/241073

Soggetti

Popular culture - History - 20th century

Social movements - History - 20th century

Great Britain Civilization American influences

Great Britain Civilization 1945-

Great Britain Relations United States

United States Relations Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Mayfair modern -- pt. 2. The counterculture -- pt. 3. Freedom -- pt. 4. Postmodern, antimodern.

Sommario/riassunto

Special Relations reevaluates Anglo-American cultural exchange by exploring metropolitan London's culture and counterculture from the 1950's to the 1970's.  It challenges a tendency in cultural studies to privilege local reception and attempts to restore the concept of Americanization in this critical era of mass tourism, professional exchange, and media globalization-while acknowledging an important degree of cultural hybridity and circularity.  The study begins with the influence of American modernism in the built environment and in ""Swinging London"" generally, and then moves to