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This book explores the major cultural forms of 1940s America - fiction and non-fiction; music and radio; film and theatre; serious and popular visual arts - and key texts, trends and figures, from Native Son to Citizen Kane, from Hiroshima to HUAC, and from Dr Seuss to Bob Hope. After discussing the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Foertsch, Jacqueline, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2008.
Colección:Twentieth-century American culture.
Temas:
Since 1900
Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Nineteen forties > Social aspects > United States.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Années quarante (Vingtième siècle) > Aspect social > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Civilization.
Popular culture.
Kultur
United States > Civilization > 1918-1945.
United States > Civilization > 1945-
États-Unis > Civilisation > 1918-1945.
États-Unis > Civilisation > 1945-
United States.
USA.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • COVER; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Case Studies; Acknowledgements; Chronology of 1940s American Culture; Introduction: The Intellectual Context; 1. Fiction and Journalism; 2. Radio and Music; 3. Theatre and Film; 4. Visual Art, Serious and Popular; 5. The Arts of Sacrifice and Consumption; Conclusion: The 1940s in the Contemporary American Imagination; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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