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American Culture in the 1960s

Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2008

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This book charts the changing complexion of American culture in one of the most culturally vibrant of twentieth-century decades. It provides a vivid account of the major cultural forms of 1960s America - music and performance; film and television; fiction and poetry; art and photography - as well as influential texts, trends and figures of the decade: from Norman Mailer to Susan Sontag; from Muhammad Ali's anti-war protests to Tom Lehrer's stand-up comedy; from Bob Dylan to Rachel Carson; and from Pop Art to photojournalism. A chapter on new social movements demonstrates that a current of conservatism runs through even the most revolutionary movements of the 1960s and the book as a whole looks to the West and especially to the South in the making of the sixties as myth and as history. Key Features:* Focused case studies featuring key texts, genres, writers, artists and cultural trends* Detailed chronology of 1960s American culture* Bibliographies for each chapter* Over 30 black and white illustrations

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Figures

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    Case Studies

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    Acknowledgements

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    Chronology of 1960s American Culture

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    Introduction: The Intellectual Context

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    Chapter 1 Music and Performance

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    Chapter 2 Film and Television

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    Chapter 3 Fiction and Poetry

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    Chapter 4 Art and Photography

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    Chapter 5 New Social Movements and Creative Dissent

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    Conclusion: The Sixties and its Cultural Legacy

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    Notes

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    Bibliography

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    Index

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March 2, 2022
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9780748629039
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272
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748629039
eBook ISBN: 9780748629039
Keywords for this book
American Studies
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For universities and colleges of further and higher education
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