American culture in the 1970s:
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Main Author: Kaufman, Will (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press ©2009
Series:Twentieth-century American culture
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-224) and index
Chronolgy of 1970s American culture -- Introduction: The intellectual context -- Fiction and poetry -- Television and drama -- Film and visual culture -- Popular music and style -- Public space and spectacle -- Conclusion: Rethinking the 1970s
The 1970s was one of the most culturally vibrant periods in American history. This book discusses the dominant cultural forms of the 1970s - fiction and poetry; television and drama; film and visual culture; popular music and style; public space and spectacle - and the decade's most influential practitioners and texts: from Toni Morrison to All in the Family, from Diane Arbus to Bruce Springsteen, from M.A.S.H. to Taxi Driver and from disco divas to Vietnam protesters. In response to those who consider the seventies the time of disco, polyester and narcissism, this book rewrites the critical
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxxi, 231 pages)
ISBN:0748631534
9780748631537

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