American Culture in the 1990s / / Colin Harrison.

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748622221);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 in...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2010
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Twentieth-Century American Culture : 20CAC
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.) :; 18 B/W illustrations Eighteen black and while illustrations
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Figures --
Case Studies --
Acknowledgements --
Chronology of 1990s American Culture --
Introduction: The Intellectual Context --
Chapter 1 Fiction and Poetry --
Chapter 2 Music and Radio --
Chapter 3 Film and Television --
Chapter 4 Art and Architecture --
Chapter 5 Digital Culture --
Conclusion: Towards a New Millennium --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Index
Summary:GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748622221);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 Features3 case studies per chapter featuring key texts, genres, writers and artistsChronology of 1990s American CultureBibliographies for each chapter10 black and white illustrations"
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780748629664
9783110780468
DOI:10.1515/9780748629664
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Colin Harrison.