David Eldridge
American Culture in the 1930s
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This book provides an insightful overview of the major cultural forms of 1930s America: literature and drama, music and radio, film and photography, art and design, and a chapter on the role of the federal government in the development of the arts. The intellectual context of 1930s American culture is a strong feature, whilst case studies of influential texts and practitioners of the decade -- from War of the Worlds to The Grapes of Wrath and from Edward Hopper to the Rockefeller Centre -- help to explain the cultural impulses of radicalism, nationalism and escapism that characterize the United States in the 1930s. Key Features: * 3 case…
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This book provides an insightful overview of the major cultural forms of 1930s America: literature and drama, music and radio, film and photography, art and design, and a chapter on the role of the federal government in the development of the arts. The intellectual context of 1930s American culture is a strong feature, whilst case studies of influential texts and practitioners of the decade -- from War of the Worlds to The Grapes of Wrath and from Edward Hopper to the Rockefeller Centre -- help to explain the cultural impulses of radicalism, nationalism and escapism that characterize the United States in the 1930s. Key Features: * 3 case studies per chapter featuring key texts, genres, writers and artists * Chronology of 1930s American Culture * Bibliographies for each chapter * 22 black and white illustrations
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Halliwell, Martin (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-7486-2259-7
- EAN: 9780748622597
- Produktnummer: 22687483
- Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.9 cm x D1.8 cm 482 g
- Abbildungen: 22 black & white illustrations
- Gewicht: 482
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
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