"The 1970's are frequently seen as a watershed period, an era from which sources of 21st-century American culture began to flow. But the 1970's are also seen as a particularly backward-looking time, seen by many critics as morbidly nostalgic for times before the wrenching changes that...

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Main Author:	Alpers, Benjamin Leontief 1965- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick ; Camden ; Newark, New Jersey ; London ; Oxford Rutgers University Press [2024]
Subjects:	Geschichte 1970-1979 Nostalgie Massenkultur USA United States / Civilization / 1970- Popular culture / United States / History / 20th century Mass media and history / United States Nostalgia in mass media Nineteen seventies Popular culture United States Since 1900 History
Summary:	"The 1970's are frequently seen as a watershed period, an era from which sources of 21st-century American culture began to flow. But the 1970's are also seen as a particularly backward-looking time, seen by many critics as morbidly nostalgic for times before the wrenching changes that were associated with the 1960's. Happy Days: Images of the Pre-Sixties Past in Seventies America explores the relationship of the 1970's American culture to the pre-Sixties past through four case studies: representations of the 1950's; the emergence of neo-noir films and the reimagination of the mid-20th century figure of the hardboiled private investigator; reflections on the Revolutionary past on the occasion of the Bicentennial; and the legacy of slavery in the works of Alex Haley and Octavia Butler. Far from mere nostalgia, Americans' diverse reimaginings of the past were a significant part of what made the 1970's so culturally foundational for the decades to come"
Physical Description:	vii, 227 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:	9781978830530 9781978830547