American Culture in the 1930s - Couverture souple

Eldridge, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0748622594 ISBN 13 : 9780748622597

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Book by Eldridge David

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book provides an insightful overview of the major cultural forms of 1930s America: literature and drama, music and radio, film and photography, art and design, and a chapter on the role of the federal government in the development of the arts. The intellectual context of 1930s American culture is a strong feature, whilst case studies of influential texts and practitioners of the decade - from "War of the Worlds" to "The Grapes of Wrath" and from Edward Hopper to the Rockefeller Centre - help to explain the cultural impulses of radicalism, nationalism and escapism that characterize the United States in the 1930s. The key features include: 3 case studies per chapter featuring key texts, genres, writers and artists; chronology of 1930s American Culture.

Biographie de l'auteur

David Eldridge is Director of American Studies at the University of Hull. He specialises in the history of American culture and is the author of Hollywood's History Films (2006).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0748622594
• ISBN 13: 9780748622597
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Éditeur: Halliwell Martin