LEADER 03486nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910953683903321 005 20220809212817.0 010 $a9786610833931 010 $a9781280833939 010 $a1280833939 010 $a9780748628902 010 $a0748628908 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748628902 035 $a(CKB)1000000000351203 035 $a(EBL)292360 035 $a(OCoLC)476051927 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000101999 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11108559 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101999 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10043208 035 $a(PQKB)10234289 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC292360 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL292360 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10411004 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL83393 035 $a(DE-B1597)616305 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748628902 035 $a(OCoLC)1076754179 035 $a(Perlego)1708991 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000351203 100 $a20070419d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican culture in the 1950s /$fMartin Halliwell 210 $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (337 p.) 225 1 $aTwentieth-century American culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a9780748618842 311 0 $a0748618848 311 0 $a9780748618859 311 0 $a0748618856 320 $aIncludes bibliography and index. 327 $aCOPYRIGHT; 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; Index 330 $aThis book provides a stimulating account of the dominant cultural forms of 1950s America: fiction and poetry; theatre and performance; film and television; music and radio; and the visual arts. Through detailed commentary and focused case studies of influential texts and events - from Invisible Man to West Side Story, from Disneyland to the Seattle World's Fair, from Rear Window to The Americans - the book examines the way in which modernism and the cold war offer two frames of reference for understanding the trajectory of postwar culture. The two core aims of this volume are to chart the changing complexion of American culture in the years following World War II and to provide readers with a critical investigation of 'the 1950s'. The book provides an intellectual context for approaching 1950s American culture and considers the historical impact of the decade on recent social and cultural developments. 410 0$aTwentieth-century American culture. 606 $aNineteen fifties 606 $aPopular culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xCivilization$y1945- 607 $aUnited States$xIntellectual life$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xSocial life and customs$y1945-1970 615 0$aNineteen fifties. 615 0$aPopular culture$xHistory 676 $a306.097309045 700 $aHalliwell$b Martin$0599987 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910953683903321 996 $aAmerican culture in the 1950s$91022203 997 $aUNINA