American Half Century

Häftad, Engelska, 1994

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Beskrivning

In February 1941, as the United States entered the Second World War, the press magnate Henry Luce proclaimed the birth of 'the American century', which he foresaw as a period in which free enterprise would triumph in a post-war world regulated in accordance with America's wishes: the American Dream. The American Half Century brings together distinguished political and cultural commentators such as bell hooks, Manning Marable, Todd Gitlin and Noam Chomsky, to consider the extent to which Luce's imperfect vision of a global American hegemony - America's twentieth-century 'manifest destiny' at home and abroad - was subverted by the cultural and political upheavals in the years following the Second World War. In an invigorating collection of essays - on race, gender, popular culture, the politics of resistance and oppression - the contributors trace the patterns of domestic opposition and dissent that have mirrored the growth of America's role in the 'new world order'. In doing so they offer a fresh perspective on postwar cultural history in the United States.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1994-07-20
Mått:150 x 230 x 18 mm
Vikt:461 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:312
Förlag:Pluto Press
ISBN:9780745305011

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Michael L. Klein taught film, American studies and theatre at a variety of universities, including Rutgers, California State, Warwick and Ulster and is the author of The English Novel and the Movies. He died in 1992.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Michael L Klein The Roads Not Taken1. The Cold War and the Culture of ResistanceNorman Markowitz (Rutgers University), author of The Rise and Fall of People's Century2. So That the Dead May Not be Killed Again: on Mailer and DoctorowRichard Godden (University of Keele) author of Fiction and Capital3. The Deep Immortal Wish: Radicalism and Modern American PoetryJeffrey Walsh (Manchester Polytechnic) co-editor of Tell me Lies About Vietnam4. The World Turned Upside DownJackie DiSalvo (City University of New York) author of War of Titans5. The Meaning of the SixtiesAbbie Hoffman author of Woodstock Nation6. Students, Capital and Multiversity: From Berkely to LivingstoneMichael L Klein7. Side Saddle On the Golden Calf: American Pop Music and Pop Music CultureJohn Storey (Sunderland Polytechnic)8. Looking Backward and Forward: Feminism and MotherhoodAnn Snitow (The New School) editor of Politics of Sexuality9. Black Women: Constructing the Revolutionary SubjectBell Hooks (Oberlin College) author of Ain't I a Woman10. Malcolm X and the Continuing Crisis in Black AmericaManning Marable (Colorado University) author of Race, Reform and Rebellionalso articles by Duncan Webster (University of Warwick), Michael Delli Carpini (Columbia University), Keven Carragee (Boston College) and Gene Michaud (University of Massachusetts)Epilogue: The Nineties and Beyond - interview with Noam Chomsky