Description
Book SynopsisMost would agree that American culture in the 1980s differed dramatically from that of the 1960s. Yet the 1970s is still thought of as a cultural wasteland. This text debunks this notion by examining a wide range of political and cultural phenomena.
Trade Review“Miller’s commentary on the role of spies, lies, and audiotape in the Watergate era brilliantly resonates with the analysis of various references, at all levels of the culture, to new technologies of surveillance and new modes of recording history.”—John Brenkman, author of
Culture and Domination“Miller shows why and how we need to think comprehensively about the seventies—now. Interdisciplinary wit and a bold intelligence bring together poetry, painting, politics, and popular culture in a broad survey that is provocative, engaging, and timely for our posthistorical age.”—W. J. T. Mitchell, author of
The Last Dinosaur Book: The Life and Times of a Cultural Icon“
“Stephen Paul Miller is the most radical poet-critic I know. In this dazzling volume, he establishes principles of inclusivity that trap and illuminate contemporary poetry, art, and politics. . . . His research will remain a monument to cultural pluralism and a grand polemic against the politics of deletion as a cover-up.”—David Shapiro, author of
Lateness: A Book of PoemsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
ONE- Rippling Estemes
TWO- Mystery Tain: Micro-Periodizing Seventies Films from Patton to Apocalypse Now
THREE- The HIstorian's Bow
FOUR- Literature in a Convex Mirror
FIVE- Crossing Seventies Art
SIX- Politics in the Watergate Era
Epilogue
Notes
Index
