American Culture in the 1950s / / Martin Halliwell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Halliwell, Martin,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Twentieth-Century American Culture : 20CAC
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 24 B/W illustrations

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748618859);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. The two core aims of this volume are to chart the changing complexion of American culture in the years following World War II and to provide readers with a critical investigation of 'the 1950s'. The book provides an intellectual context for approaching 1950s American culture and considers the historical impact of the decade on recent social and cultural developments. Key Features:Focused case studies featuring key texts, genres, writers, artists and cultural trendsChronology of 1950s American CultureBibliographies for each chapterover twenty illustrations"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Case Studies -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology of 1950s American Culture -- Introduction: The Intellectual Context -- Chapter 1 Fiction and Poetry -- Chapter 2 Drama and Performance -- Chapter 3 Music and Radio -- Chapter 4 Film and Television -- Conclusion: Rethinking the 1950s -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index