Great Duty : Canadian Responses to Modern Life and Mass Culture in Canada, 1939-1967 Modern Life and Mass Culture, 1939-1967.

English-Canadian cultural critics from across the political spectrum championed self-improvement, self-awareness, and lively engagement with one's surroundings, struggling to find a balance between the social benefits of democracy and modernization and what they considered the debilitating infl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kuffert, L. B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal : Toronto : McGill-Queen's University Press, Gibson Publishing Connections [distributor] Jan. 2003 ;
Colección:Carleton library series.
Temas:
1900-1999
Popular culture > Canada > History > 20th century.
Culture populaire > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Civilization
Popular culture
Canada > Civilization > 20th century.
Canada > Civilisation > 20e siècle.
Canada
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Cultural Criticism in English Canada
  • part one War and the Culture of Reconstruction 1939â€? 1945
  • 1 Light from the Crucible of War
  • 2 The Culture of Reconstruction
  • part two Postwar Realities, Shifting Perspectives 1945â€? 1957
  • 3 Science and Religion in a Mass Culture
  • 4 Cultural Policy, Cultural Pessimism
  • part thre e Full Circle: A Broadening Definition of Culture 1957â€? 1967
  • 5 Mass Media, Broadcasting, and Automation
  • 6 The Long Long Weekend: Centennial and Expo 67
  • Conclusion: A Secret UnderstandingNotes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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