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Perfectly Average : The Pursuit of Normality in Postwar America /
"At the end of World War II, many Americans longed for a return to a more normal way of life after decades of depression and war. In fact, between 1945 and 1963 the idea of "normality" circulated as a keyword in almost every aspect of American culture. In Perfectly Average, Anna Cread...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Culture, politics, and the cold war.
Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "At the end of World War II, many Americans longed for a return to a more normal way of life after decades of depression and war. In fact, between 1945 and 1963 the idea of "normality" circulated as a keyword in almost every aspect of American culture. In Perfectly Average, Anna Creadick investigates how and why this concept reemerged as a potent homogenizing category in postwar America. Working with scientific studies, material culture, literary texts, film, fashion, and the mass media, she charts the pursuit of the "normal" through thematic chapters on the body, character, class, sexuality, and community." ""Anna Creadick discovers an extraordinary archive. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (208 pages): ill. ; |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781613760147 |