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AMERICAN CULTURE IN THE 1960S
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| By: |
Sharon Monteith, Martin Halliwell (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£27.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
074861947X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780748619474 |
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| Publisher: |
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 2008 |
| Series: |
Twentieth-century American Culture |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Description: |
A clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1960s America -- fiction and poetry; music and performance; film and television; art and photography -- and influential texts of the decade. |
| Synopsis: |
This book charts the changing complexion of American culture in one of the most culturally vibrant of twentieth-century decades. It provides a vivid account of the major cultural forms of 1960s America - music and performance; film and television; fiction and poetry; art and photography - as well as influential texts, trends and figures of the decade: from Norman Mailer to Susan Sontag; from Muhammad Ali's anti-war protests to Tom Lehrer's stand-up comedy; from Bob Dylan to Rachel Carson; and from Pop Art to photojournalism. A chapter on new social movements demonstrates that a current of conservatism runs through even the most revolutionary movements of the 1960s and the book as a whole looks to the West and especially to the South in the making of the sixties as myth and as history. Key Features: * Focused case studies featuring key texts, genres, writers, artists and cultural trends * Detailed chronology of 1960s American culture * Bibliographies for each chapter * Over 30 black and white illustrations |
| Illustrations: |
33 black & white illustrations, 33 black and white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Edinburgh University Press |
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