American culture in the 1960s /
This book charts the changing complexion of American culture in one of the most culturally vibrant of twentieth-century decades. It provides a vivid account of the major cultural forms of 1960s America - music and performance; film and television; fiction and poetry; art and photography - as well as...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
©2008.
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Colección: | Twentieth-century American culture.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book charts the changing complexion of American culture in one of the most culturally vibrant of twentieth-century decades. It provides a vivid account of the major cultural forms of 1960s America - music and performance; film and television; fiction and poetry; art and photography - as well as influential texts, trends and figures of the decade: from Norman Mailer to Susan Sontag; from Muhammad Ali's anti-war protests to Tom Lehrer's stand-up comedy; from Bob Dylan to Rachel Carson; and from Pop Art to photojournalism. A chapter on new social movements demonstrates that a current of cons. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxix, 242 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780748629039 0748629033 |
Acceso: | Legal Deposit; |