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A clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1940s America: fiction and non-fiction (specifically newspapers and magazines), music and radio, film and theatre, serious and popular visual arts, and case studies of influential texts and practitioners of the decade.

Table of Contents
List of Figures; List of Case Studies; Acknowledgements; Chronology of 1940s American Culture; Introduction: The Intellectual Context; 1. Fiction and Journalism; 2. Radio and Music; 3. Theatre and Film; 4. Visual Arts, Serious and Popular; 5. The Arts of Sacrifice and Consumption; Conclusion: The 1940s in the Contemporary American Imagination; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

American Culture in the 1940s

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      Publisher Edinburgh University Press
      Published 3 April 2008
      ISBN-13 9780748624133
      978-0748624133
      ISBN-10 0748624139
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      Social and cultural history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1940s America: fiction and non-fiction (specifically newspapers and magazines), music and radio, film and theatre, serious and popular visual arts, and case studies of influential texts and practitioners of the decade.

      Table of Contents
      List of Figures; List of Case Studies; Acknowledgements; Chronology of 1940s American Culture; Introduction: The Intellectual Context; 1. Fiction and Journalism; 2. Radio and Music; 3. Theatre and Film; 4. Visual Arts, Serious and Popular; 5. The Arts of Sacrifice and Consumption; Conclusion: The 1940s in the Contemporary American Imagination; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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