LEADER 02604nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910778273003321 005 20230721031932.0 010 $a0-8166-5419-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000481114 035 $a(EBL)322591 035 $a(OCoLC)476120169 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000097506 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11130864 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000097506 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10115464 035 $a(PQKB)11082560 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC322591 035 $a(OCoLC)182776737 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse38788 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL322591 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10202559 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL525681 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000481114 100 $a20061017d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAdorno in America$b[electronic resource] /$fDavid Jenemann 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-4809-3 311 $a0-8166-4808-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: DREAMS IN AMERICA; 1. THE MONSTER UNDER THE STONE: ADORNO AND THE RISE OF ADMINISTRATIVE RESEARCH; 2. ADORNO IN SPONSOR-LAND: AUTHORITY ON THE RADIO; 3. BELOW THE SURFACE: FRANKFURT GOES TO HOLLYWOOD; 4. "IF THERE SHOULD BE A POSTERITY": HIGH MODERNISM, HOROSCOPES, AND HEROIC SALESMEN; CODA: THEODOR ADORNO, AMERICAN; NOTES; WORKS CITED; INDEX 330 $aThe German philosopher and cultural critic Theodor W. Adorno was one of the towering intellectual figures of the twentieth century, and between 1938 and 1953 he lived in exile in the United States. In the first in-depth account of this period of Adorno's life, David Jenemann examines Adorno's confrontation with the burgeoning American "culture industry" and casts new light on Adorno's writings about the mass media. Contrary to the widely held belief-even among his defenders-that Adorno was disconnected from America and disdained its culture, Jenemann reveals that Adorno was an active and engag 606 $aPopular culture$zUnited States 607 $aGermany$xIntellectual life$y20th century 615 0$aPopular culture 676 $a193 700 $aJenemann$b David$f1971-$01490149 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778273003321 996 $aAdorno in America$93711331 997 $aUNINA