02876nam 2200661Ia 450 991080774690332120200520144314.00-8166-8354-9(CKB)1000000000470963(EBL)310775(OCoLC)476096213(SSID)ssj0000119987(PQKBManifestationID)11133128(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000119987(PQKBWorkID)10080078(PQKB)11356604(MiAaPQ)EBC310775(OCoLC)86070061(MdBmJHUP)muse38864(Au-PeEL)EBL310775(CaPaEBR)ebr10159390(CaONFJC)MIL523035(EXLCZ)99100000000047096319820105d1992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChannels of desire mass images and the shaping of American consciousness /Stuart Ewen and Elizabeth Ewen2nd ed.New York McGraw-Hill19921 online resource (271 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-1890-9 Includes bibliography and index.Contents; Preface to the New Edition; Acknowledgments; Prologue: In the Shadow of the Image; 1. The Bribe of Frankenstein; 2. Consumption as a Way of Life; 3. City Lights: Immigrant Women and the Rise of the Movies; 4. Fashion and Democracy; 5. Shadows on the Wall; Notes; IndexStuart Ewen and Elizabeth Ewen offer a telling examination of the rise of mass-produced imagery in the United States, tracing the pivotal role that such images played in the genesis and development of the American imagination. Beginning with the rise of the machine and the emergence of consumerism as a common way of life, the authors lay a strong foundation for an understanding of the twentieth-century American media culture. Spanning a wide range of fascinating subjects-movies, fashion, tabloid journalism-Ewen and Ewen offer forceful insights into the mechanisms that link alluring images and AdvertisingSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryConsumersUnited StatesHistoryPopular cultureUnited StatesNational characteristics, AmericanHistoryFashionHistoryAdvertisingSocial aspectsHistory.ConsumersHistory.Popular cultureNational characteristics, AmericanHistory.FashionHistory.302.230973Ewen Stuart142351Ewen Elizabeth676241MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807746903321Channels of desire4120054UNINA