04350nam 2200745 a 450 991014542790332120180523215911.01-78268-760-21-4051-6494-81-281-32073-097866113207370-470-75643-80-470-75638-1(CKB)1000000000405279(EBL)351030(OCoLC)476170223(SSID)ssj0000128268(PQKBManifestationID)11150058(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000128268(PQKBWorkID)10069009(PQKB)10832528(MiAaPQ)EBC351030(PPN)257957065(EXLCZ)99100000000040527920030917d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA concise companion to postwar American literature and culture[electronic resource] /edited by Josephine G. HendinMalden, MA Blackwell Pub.20041 online resource (444 p.)Blackwell concise companions to literature and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.1-4051-2180-7 0-631-20709-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.A Concise Companion to Postwar American Literature and Culture; Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introducing American Literature and Culture in the Postwar Years; 2 The Fifties and After: An Ambiguous Culture; 3 The Beat Generation is Now About Everything; 4 From Bebop to Hip Hop: American Music After 1950; 5 American Drama in the Postwar Period; 6 Hollywood Dreaming: Postwar American Film; 7 The Beauty and Destructiveness of War: A Literary Portrait of the Vietnam Conflict; 8 Postmodern Fictions; 9 Gay and Lesbian Writing in Post-World War II America10 Identity and the Postwar Temper in American Jewish Fiction11 Fire and Romance: African American Literature Since World War II; 12 Italian American Literature and Culture; 13 Irish American Writing: Political Men and Archetypal Women; 14 Emergent Ethnic Literatures: Native American, Hispanic, Asian American; 15 "I'll Be Your Mirror, Reflect What You Are": Postmodern Documentation and the Downtown New York Scene from 1975 to the Present; Index;This Concise Companion is a guide to the creative output of the United States in the postwar period, in its diverse energies, shapes and forms.:.; Embraces diversity, covering Vietnam literature, gay and lesbian literature, American Jewish fiction, Italian American literature, Irish American writing, emergent ethnic literatures, African American writing, jazz, film, drama and more.; Shows how different genres and approaches opened up creative possibilities and interacted in the postwar period.; Portrays the postwar United States split by differences of wealth and position, by ethnicity and racBlackwell concise companions to literature and culture.American literature20th centuryHistory and criticismHandbooks, manuals, etcWorld War, 1939-1945United StatesLiterature and the warHandbooks, manuals, etcVietnam War, 1961-1975Literature and the warHandbooks, manuals, etcLiterature and societyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryHandbooks, manuals, etcPolitics and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryHandbooks, manuals, etcWorld War, 1939-1945United StatesInfluenceHandbooks, manuals, etcUnited StatesCivilization1945-Handbooks, manuals, etcAmerican literatureHistory and criticismWorld War, 1939-1945Literature and the warVietnam War, 1961-1975Literature and the warLiterature and societyHistoryPolitics and literatureHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945Influence810.9810.90054Hendin Josephine896386MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910145427903321A concise companion to postwar American literature and culture2002577UNINA