| American Culture in the 1990s Contributor(s): Harrison, Colin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0748622225 ISBN-13: 9780748622221 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $34.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2010 Annotation: Jacqueline foertsch explores the fiction, nonfiction, music, radio, film, the-ater, and visual arts of 1940s America. She devotes a chapter to the "culture of war" fought throughout the decade, and she introduces the intellectual context of 1940s culture--both the isolationism advocated by the political right and the hawkish position adopted by progressives who used their artistic abilities to sway public opinion. Readers are presented with an accessible but challenging exploration of American culture in the 1940s. Foertsch seeks out the unities and comparable features of wartime and the immediate postwar period in the United States, demonstrating the benefit of observing the decade as a whole. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 973.929 |
| Series: Twentieth-Century American Culture (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (0.90 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: American Culture in the 1990s focuses on the dramatic cultural transformations of the last decade of the millennium. Lodged between the fall of Communism and the outbreak of the War on Terror, the 1990s was witness to America's expanding influence across the world but also a period of anxiety and social conflict. National traumas such as the Los Angeles riots, the Oklahoma City bombing and the impeachment of President Clinton lend an apocalyptic air to the decade, but the book looks beyond this to a wider context to identify new voices emerging in the nation.This is one of the first attempts to bring together developments taking place across a range of different fields: from Microsoft to the Internet, from blank fiction to gangsta rap, from abject art to new independent cinema, and from postfeminism to posthumanism. Students of American culture and general readers will find this a lively and illuminating introduction to a complex and immensely varied decade.Key Features*3 case studies per chapter featuring key texts, genres, writers and artists*Chronology of 1990s American Culture*Bibliographies for each chapter*18 black and white illustrations |