American Culture In The 1930s
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American Culture In The 1930s
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Author : David Eldridge
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2008-10-08
American Culture In The 1930s written by David Eldridge and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-08 with Social Science categories.
This book provides an insightful overview of the major cultural forms of 1930s America: literature and drama, music and radio, film and photography, art and design, and a chapter on the role of the federal government in the development of the arts. The intellectual context of 1930s American culture is a strong feature, whilst case studies of influential texts and practitioners of the decade - from War of the Worlds to The Grapes of Wrath and from Edward Hopper to the Rockefeller Centre - help to explain the cultural impulses of radicalism, nationalism and escapism that characterize the United States in the 1930s.
American Culture And Society Since The 1930s
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Author : Christopher Brookeman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
American Culture And Society Since The 1930s written by Christopher Brookeman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with History categories.
Westerns And American Culture 1930 1955
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Author : R. Philip Loy
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2001-07-11
Westerns And American Culture 1930 1955 written by R. Philip Loy and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-07-11 with Performing Arts categories.
Many people have fond memories of Friday nights and Saturday afternoons spent in theatres watching cowboy stars of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s chase villains across the silver screen or help a heroine out of harm’s way. Over 2,600 Westerns were produced between 1930 and 1955 and they became a defining part of American culture. This work focuses on the idea that Westerns were one of the vehicles by which viewers learned the values and norms of a wide range of social relationships and behavior, and thus examines the ways in which Western movies reflected American life and culture during this quarter century. Chapters discuss such topics as the ways that Westerns included current events in film plot and dialogue, reinforced the role of Christianity in American culture, reflected the emergence of a strong central government, and mirrored attitudes toward private enterprise. Also covered is how Westerns represented racial minorities, women, and Indians.
The 1930s
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Author : William H. Young
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2002-10-30
The 1930s written by William H. Young and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10-30 with Social Science categories.
Most historical studies bury us in wars and politics, paying scant attention to the everyday effects of pop culture. Welcome to America's other history—the arts, activities, common items, and popular opinions that profoundly impacted our national way of life. The twelve narrative chapters in this volume provide a textured look at everyday life, youth, and the many different sides of American culture during the 1930s. Additional resources include a cost comparison of common goods and services, a timeline of important events, notes arranged by chapter, an extensive bibliography for further reading, and a subject index. The dark cloud of the Depression shadowed most Americans' lives during the 1930s. Books, movies, songs, and stories of the 1930s gave Americans something to hope for by depicting a world of luxury and money. Major figures of the age included Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Irving Berlin, Amelia Earhart, Duke Ellington, the Marx Brothers, Margaret Mitchell, Cole Porter, Joe Louis, Babe Ruth, Shirley Temple, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Innovations in technology and travel hinted at a Utopian society just off the horizon, group sports and activities gave the unemployed masses ways to spend their days, and a powerful new demographic—the American teenager—suddenly found itself courted by advertisers and entertainers.
The 1930s
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Author : William H. Young
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The 1930s written by William H. Young and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Nineteen thirties categories.
Describes American youth of the 1930s and the trends that shaped popular culture during that period, covering such areas as advertising, fashion, food, leisure, music, and visual arts; and provides a time line, a list of 1930s product costs, and a further-reading list.
Americanism Media And The Politics Of Culture In 1930s France
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Author : David A. Pettersen
language : en
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Release Date : 2016-05-20
Americanism Media And The Politics Of Culture In 1930s France written by David A. Pettersen and has been published by University of Wales Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-20 with History categories.
First book to focus on Americanism and its consideration of French film and literature The book is organized around individual figures, texts, and films, making it easy to adopt for individual units in courses. The book is written in clear, accessible, and jargon-free language. The book brings a new and innovative transatlantic perspective to 1930s French culture. The books offers new perspectives on important figures that we thought we knew well. The book mixes cultural history with the analysis of individual films and novels in a way that is engaging to read.
American Cinema Of The 1930s
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Author : Ina Rae Hark
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2007-06-21
American Cinema Of The 1930s written by Ina Rae Hark and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-21 with Performing Arts categories.
Probably no decade saw as many changes in the Hollywood film industry and its product as the 1930s did. At the beginning of the decade, the industry was still struggling with the transition to talking pictures. Gangster films and naughty comedies starring Mae West were popular in urban areas, but aroused threats of censorship in the heartland. Whether the film business could survive the economic effects of the Crash was up in the air. By 1939, popularly called "Hollywood's Greatest Year," films like Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz used both color and sound to spectacular effect, and remain American icons today. The "mature oligopoly" that was the studio system had not only weathered the Depression and become part of mainstream culture through the establishment and enforcement of the Production Code, it was a well-oiled, vertically integrated industrial powerhouse. The ten original essays in American Cinema of the 1930s focus on sixty diverse films of the decade, including Dracula, The Public Enemy, Trouble in Paradise, 42nd Street, King Kong, Imitation of Life, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Swing Time, Angels with Dirty Faces, Nothing Sacred, Jezebel, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and Stagecoach .
Balancing Acts
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Author : Terry A. Cooney
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
Release Date : 1995
Balancing Acts written by Terry A. Cooney and has been published by Macmillan Reference USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
The desire to move in all directions at once, simultaneously to live with and to resolve contradictions, appeared in the most sweeping public spheres and in the intimacy of nuclear families. Cooney examines the attitudes and ideas of intellectuals, the values and perceptions of ordinary citizens, and the directions of popular culture.
The American Stage And The Great Depression
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Author : Mark Fearnow
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1997-01-28
The American Stage And The Great Depression written by Mark Fearnow and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-28 with Drama categories.
The American Stage and the Great Depression: A Cultural History of the Grotesque proposes a correlation between the divided "mind" of America during the depression and popular stage works of the era. Theatre works such as Jack Kirkland's comic-horrific adaptation of Tobacco Road, Olsen and Johnson's "scream-lined revue", Hellzapoppin, and successful plays by Robert E. Sherwood, Clare Boothe Luce, and S. N. Behrman are interpreted as theatrical reflections of depression culture's sense of being trapped between a discredited past and a nightmarish future. The author analyzes the America of the 1930s as an era of the "grotesque", in which the irreconcilable were forced into tense and dynamic coexistence, and by examining these works of theatre as products of particular historical circumstances, argues for a strong connection between cultural history and theatre history.
The Nickel And Dime Decade
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Author : Gary D. Best
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1993-07-30
The Nickel And Dime Decade written by Gary D. Best and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-07-30 with Social Science categories.
This study shows that, despite numerous surface similarities, the popular culture of the 1930s was different from that of the 1920s in a variety of ways, and not only because of the Great Depression. It was a period of quiet desperation and shifting values, one in which nickels and dimes replaced dollars as the currency of popular culture, and in which the emphasis was on finding methods to occupy idle time and idle minds. Popular culture during the 1930s is important for understanding not only how Americans coped, but why they did so with such good humor and so little of the discontent visible elsewhere in the world. An appreciation of popular culture during the 1930s is essential to understanding other aspects of the decade.