Channels Of Desire : Mass Images and the Shaping of American Consciousness

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Stuart Ewen and Elizabeth Ewen offer a telling examination of the rise of mass-produced imagery in the United States, tracing the pivotal role that such images played in the genesis and development of the American imagination. Beginning with the rise of the machine and the emergence of consumerism a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ewen, Stuart
Other Authors: Ewen, Elizabeth
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1992.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Popular culture.
National characteristics, American.
Fashion.
Consumers.
Advertising > Social aspects.
Culture populaire > États-Unis.
Consommateurs > États-Unis > Histoire.
Publicite > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
Fashion > History.
National characteristics, American > History.
Popular culture > United States.
Consumers > United States > History.
Advertising > Social aspects > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the New Edition; Acknowledgments; Prologue: In the Shadow of the Image; 1. The Bribe of Frankenstein; 2. Consumption as a Way of Life; 3. City Lights: Immigrant Women and the Rise of the Movies; 4. Fashion and Democracy; 5. Shadows on the Wall; Notes; Index.

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