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Author Halliwell, Martin.

Title American culture in the 1950s / Martin Halliwell.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 313 pages) : illustrations.
Series Twentieth-century American culture
Twentieth-century American culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-302) and index.
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Contents COPYRIGHT; Contents; Figures; Case Studies; Acknowledgements; Chronology of 1950s American Culture; Introduction The Intellectual Context; Chapter 1 Fiction and Poetry; Chapter 2 Drama and Performance; Chapter 3 Music and Radio; Chapter 4 Film and Television; Chapter 5 The Visual Arts beyond Modernism; Conclusion Rethinking the 1950s; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Summary This book provides a stimulating account of the dominant cultural forms of 1950s America: fiction and poetry; theatre and performance; film and television; music and radio; and the visual arts. Through detailed commentary and focused case studies of influential texts and events from Invisible Man to West Side Story, from Disneyland to the Seattle Worlds Fair, from Rear Window to The Americans the book examines the way in which modernism and the cold war offer two frames of reference for understanding the trajectory of postwar culture. The two core aims of this volume are to chart the chan.
Subject Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Nineteen fifties -- Social aspects -- United States.
United States -- Civilization -- 1945-
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Other Form: Print version: Halliwell, Martin. American culture in the 1950s. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2007 0748618848 (DLC) 2008425575 (OCoLC)75713598
ISBN 9780748628902 (electronic bk.)
0748628908 (electronic bk.)
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