Icons of American Popular Culture

From P.T. Barnum to Jennifer Lopez

AvRobert C. Cottrell

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

Traces the evolution of American popular culture over the past two centuries. In a lengthy chronology of landmark events, and ten chapters, each revolving around the lives of two individuals who are in some way emblematic of their times, this provides a window on the social, economic, and political history of US democracy from the antebellum period to the present.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-12-15
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:278
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780765622983

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Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter One Democratic Showmen, James Gordon Bennett, P.T. Barnum; Chapter Two Exponents of the Culture of Consumption, Marshall Field, Horatio AlgerJr.; Chapter Three Stars of Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley, Lillian Russell, Irving Berlin; Chapter Four The Cinematic Artist and the Literary Lion, D.W. Griffith, Ernest Hemingway; Chapter Five The “New Woman” and the “New Negro”, Clara Bow, Bessie Smith; Chapter Six Voices of Radical Culture, MargaretBourke-White, WoodyGuthrie; Chapter Seven American Heroes, Hank Greenberg, Edward R. Murrow; Chapter Eight American Rebels, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley; Chapter Nine American Icons in a Time of Unrest, John F. Kennedy, Muhammad Ali; Chapter Ten American Dreamers, MichaelJordan, JenniferLopez;