American culture in the 1950s
"This book provides a stimulating account of the dominant cultural forms of 1950s America: fiction and poetry; theatre and performance; film and television; music and radio; and the visual arts. Through detailed commentary and focused case studies of influential texts and events - from Invisible Man to West Side Story, from Disneyland to the Seattle World's Fair, from Rear Window to The Americans - the book examines the way in which modernism and the cold war offer two frames of reference for understanding the trajectory of postwar culture." [Publisher's description]
Print Book, English, ©2007
Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, ©2007
History
xxi, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780748618842, 9780748618859, 0748618848, 0748618856
75713598
Introduction: The intellectual context
1. Fiction and poetry
2. Drama and performance
3. Music and radio
4. Film and television
5. The visual arts beyond Modernism
Conclusion: Rethinking the 1950s
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