02737nam 22005413u 450 991045796650332120210114061323.01-282-62004-597866126200410-7486-2966-1(CKB)2560000000011160(EBL)537002(OCoLC)638860122(MiAaPQ)EBC537002(EXLCZ)99256000000001116020130418d2010|||| u|| |engAmerican Culture in the 1990's[electronic resource]Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press20101 online resource (265 p.)Twentieth-Century American CultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-7486-2222-5 0-7486-2221-7 Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Case Studies; Acknowledgements; Chronology of 1990's American Culture; Introduction The Intellectual Context; Chapter 1 Fiction and Poetry; Chapter 2 Music and Radio; Chapter 3 Film and Television; Chapter 4 Art and Architecture; Chapter 5 Digital Culture; Conclusion Towards a New Millennium; Notes; Bibliography; IndexAmerican Culture in the 1990's focuses on the dramatic cultural transformations of the last decade of the millennium. Lodged between the fall of Communism and the outbreak of the War on Terror, the 1990's was witness to America's expanding influence across the world but also a period of anxiety and social conflict. National traumas such as the Los Angeles riots, the Oklahoma City bombing and the impeachment of President Clinton lend an apocalyptic air to the decade, but the book looks beyond this to a wider context to identify new voices emerging in the nation.This is one of the first attemptsTwentieth-Century American CultureNineteen ninetiesPopular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryUnited States -- Civilization -- 1970-United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th centuryUnited States -- Social conditions -- 1980-Electronic books.Nineteen nineties.Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.United States -- Civilization -- 1970-.United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-.306.0973/09044973.929Harrison Colin254870AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910457966503321American Culture in the 1990's1926244UNINA