03370nam 2200685Ia 450 991078445370332120220809212817.097866108339311-280-83393-90-7486-2890-810.1515/9780748628902(CKB)1000000000351203(EBL)292360(OCoLC)476051927(SSID)ssj0000101999(PQKBManifestationID)11108559(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101999(PQKBWorkID)10043208(PQKB)10234289(MiAaPQ)EBC292360(Au-PeEL)EBL292360(CaPaEBR)ebr10411004(CaONFJC)MIL83393(DE-B1597)616305(DE-B1597)9780748628902(OCoLC)1076754179(EXLCZ)99100000000035120320070419d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAmerican culture in the 1950s[electronic resource] /Martin HalliwellEdinburgh Edinburgh University Pressc20071 online resource (337 p.)Twentieth-century American cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-7486-1884-8 0-7486-1885-6 Includes bibliography and index.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; IndexThis 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 considers the historical impact of the decade on recent social and cultural developments.Twentieth-century American culture.Nineteen fiftiesPopular cultureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesCivilization1945-United StatesIntellectual life20th centuryUnited StatesSocial life and customs1945-1970Nineteen fifties.Popular cultureHistory306.097309045Halliwell Martin599987MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784453703321American culture in the 1950s1022203UNINA