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American Culture in the 1940s

Jacqueline Foertsch
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      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 Features: * Focused case studies featuring key texts, genres, writers, artists and cultural trends * Detailed chronology of 1940s American culture * Bibliographies for each chapter * 20 black and white illustrations
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Jacqueline Foertsch EAN: 9780748624133 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 531 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Edinburgh University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2008-04-03 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      United States of America, USA, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1950 to c 1959, History of the Americas, Social and cultural history

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      Jacqueline Foertsch is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Texas. She is the author of Enemies Within: The Cold War and AIDS Crisis in Literature, Film and Culture (2001).
      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 Features: * Focused case studies featuring key texts, genres, writers, artists and cultural trends * Detailed chronology of 1940s American culture * Bibliographies for each chapter * 20 black and white illustrations
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Jacqueline Foertsch EAN: 9780748624133 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 531 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Edinburgh University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2008-04-03 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      United States of America, USA, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1950 to c 1959, History of the Americas, Social and cultural history

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      Jacqueline Foertsch is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Texas. She is the author of Enemies Within: The Cold War and AIDS Crisis in Literature, Film and Culture (2001).

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