| American Culture in the 1940s Contributor(s): Foertsch, Jacqueline (Author) |
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ISBN: 0748624120 ISBN-13: 9780748624126 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Social History - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 306.097 |
| LCCN: 2008411323 |
| Series: Twentieth-Century American Culture (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 312 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the major cultural forms of 1940s America - fiction and non-fiction; music and radio; film and theatre; serious and popular visual arts - and key texts, trends and figures, from Native Son to Citizen Kane, from Hiroshima to HUAC, and from Dr Seuss to Bob Hope. After discussing the dominant ideas that inform the 1940s the book culminates with a chapter on the 'culture of war'. Rather than splitting the decade at 1945, Jacqueline Foertsch argues persuasively that the 1940s should be taken as a whole, seeking out links between wartime and postwar American culture.Key Features: * Focused case studies featuring key texts, genres, writers, artists and cultural trends* Detailed chronology of 1940s American culture* Bibliographies for each chapter* 20 black and white illustration |