American culture in the 1970s / / Will Kaufman

• Autore: Kaufman Will
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Disciplina: 973
• Soggetto topico: Popular culture - United States - History - 20th century; Nineteen seventies
• Soggetto geografico: United States Social life and customs 1971-; United States Civilization 1970-
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [208]-224) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Case Studies; Acknowledgements; Chronology of 1970's American Culture; Introduction The Intellectual Context; Chapter 1 Fiction and Poetry; Chapter 2 Television and Drama; Chapter 3 Film and Visual Culture; Chapter 4 Popular Music and Style; Chapter 5 Public Space and Spectacle; Conclusion Rethinking the 1970's; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The 1970's was one of the most culturally vibrant periods in American history. This book discusses the dominant cultural forms of the 1970's - fiction and poetry; television and drama; film and visual culture; popular music and style; public space and spectacle - and the decade's most influential practitioners and texts: from Toni Morrison to All in the Family , from Diane Arbus to Bruce Springsteen, from M.A.S.H. to Taxi Driver and from disco divas to Vietnam protesters. In response to those who consider the seventies the time of disco, polyester and narcissism, this book rewrites the critical....
• Titolo autorizzato: American culture in the 1970s
• ISBN: 1-282-08790-8; 9786612087905; 0-7486-3153-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819811603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Twentieth-century American culture.