American Culture in the 1960s - Couverture rigide

Monteith, Sharon

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0748619461 ISBN 13 : 9780748619467

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2008

Synopsis

American Culture in the 1960s 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. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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. It features: focused case studies featuring key texts, genres, writers, artists and cultural trends; detailed chronology of 1960s American culture; bibliographies for each chapter.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Sharon Monteith is Professor of American Studies at the University of Nottingham.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0748619461
• ISBN 13: 9780748619467
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272