American culture in the 1910s [[electronic resource] /] / Mark Whalan

• Autore: Whalan Mark <1974->
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.097309041
• Soggetto topico: Popular culture - United States - History - 20th century; Nineteen tens
• Soggetto geografico: United States Civilization 1865-1918; United States Intellectual life 1865-1918
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references ([217]-226) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Contents; Case Studies; Acknowledgements; Chronology of 1910's American Culture; Introduction; Chapter 1 Film and Vaudeville; Chapter 2 Visual Art and Photography; Chapter 3 Fiction and Poetry; Chapter 4 Performance and Music; Chapter 5 The Great War and American Culture; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a fresh account of the major cultural and intellectual trends of the United States in the 1910's, a decade characterised by war, the flowering of modernism, the birth of Hollywood, and Progressive interpretations of culture and society. Chapters on fiction and poetry, art and photography, film and vaudeville, and music, theatre, and dance explore these developments, linking detailed commentary with focused case studies of influential texts and events. These range from Tarzan of the Apes to The Birth of a Nation, from the radical modernism of Gertrude Stein and the Provincetown
• Titolo autorizzato: American culture in the 1910s
• ISBN: 1-282-62020-7; 9786612620201; 0-7486-3425-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791258803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Twentieth-century American culture.