Icons of American popular culture : from P.T. Barnum to Jennifer Lopez / / Robert C. Cottrell

• Autore: Cottrell Robert C. <1950-, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.0973
• Soggetto topico: Popular culture - United States - History; Celebrities - United States; Entertainers - United States; National characteristics, American
• Note generali: "First published 2010 by M.E. Sharpe"--t.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover ""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""A Chronology of Significant Events in the History of American Popular Culture""; ""Icons of American Popular Culture""; ""One Democratic Showmen""; ""Two Exponents of the Culture of Consumption""; ""Three Stars of Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley""; ""Four The Cinematic Artist and the Literary Lion""; ""Five The “New Womanâ€? and the “New Negroâ€?""; ""Six Voices of Radical Culture""; ""Seven American Heroes""; ""Eight American Rebels"" ; ""Nine American Icons in a Time of Unrest""""Ten American Dreamers""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""
• Sommario/riassunto: Traces the evolution of American popular culture over the past two centuries. In a lengthy chronology of landmark events, and ten chapters, each revolving around the lives of two individuals who are in some way emblematic of their times, this provides a window on the social, economic, and political history of US democracy from the antebellum period to the present.
• Titolo autorizzato: Icons of American popular culture
• ISBN: 1-317-46831-7; 0-7656-2299-8; 1-317-46832-5; 1-315-70359-9; 1-78268-051-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786743603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II