ENGLISH

American Culture in the 1940s

By Jacqueline Foertsch

Book information

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9780748630349
DOI
10.1515/9780748630349
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2214100 bytes)
Pages
312\312
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 04:33:29

Description

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748624133');This book explores the major cultural forms of 1940s America - fiction and non-fiction; music and radio; film and theatre; serious and popular visual arts - and key texts, trends and figures, from Native Son to Citizen Kane, from Hiroshima to HUAC, and from Dr Seuss to Bob Hope. After discussing the dominant ideas that inform the 1940s the book culminates with a chapter on the 'culture of war'. Rather than splitting the decade at 1945, Jacqueline Foertsch argues persuasively that the 1940s should be taken as a whole, seeking out links between wartime and postwar American culture.Key FeaturesFocused case studies featuring key texts, genres, writers, artists and cultural trendsDetailed chronology of 1940s American cultureBibliographies for each chapter20 black and white illustrations

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