Icons of American Popular Culture: From P.T. Barnum to Jennifer Lopez

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Traces the evolution of American popular culture over the past two centuries. In a lengthy chronology of landmark events, and ten chapters, each revolving around the lives of two individuals who are in some way emblematic of their times, this provides a window on the social, economic, and political history of US democracy from the antebellum period to the present.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780765622983
ISBN-10: 076562298X
Pagini: 278
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Chapter One Democratic Showmen, James Gordon Bennett, P.T. Barnum; Chapter Two Exponents of the Culture of Consumption, Marshall Field, Horatio AlgerJr.; Chapter Three Stars of Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley, Lillian Russell, Irving Berlin; Chapter Four The Cinematic Artist and the Literary Lion, D.W. Griffith, Ernest Hemingway; Chapter Five The “New Woman” and the “New Negro”, Clara Bow, Bessie Smith; Chapter Six Voices of Radical Culture, MargaretBourke-White, WoodyGuthrie; Chapter Seven American Heroes, Hank Greenberg, Edward R. Murrow; Chapter Eight American Rebels, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley; Chapter Nine American Icons in a Time of Unrest, John F. Kennedy, Muhammad Ali; Chapter Ten American Dreamers, MichaelJordan, JenniferLopez;

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Traces the evolution of American popular culture. This book includes 'American Dreams: Michael Jordan and Jennifer Lopez', who challenged various sorts of barriers as they became significant cultural icons during the late 1900s and beyond.

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