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17 giu 2010 · The 1950s were a decade marked by the post- World War II boom, the dawn of the Cold War and the civil rights movement in the United States. “America at this moment,” said the former British Prime...
Overview. In the 1950s and 1960s, young Americans had more disposable income and enjoyed greater material comfort than their forebears, which allowed them to devote more time and money to leisure activities and the consumption of popular culture.
views 2,265,167 updated. The 1950s Lifestyles and Social Trends: Overview. The 1950s was an era of great upheaval in the United States. By the millions, Americans who had just survived two decades of economic depression and war left the cities for the greenery and open spaces of the suburbs.
This book provides a stimulating account of the dominant cultural forms of 1950s America: fiction and poetry; theatre and performance; film and television; mus...
20 lug 2023 · Chronology of 1950s American culture -- Introduction : the intellectual context -- 1. Fiction and poetry -- 2. Drama and performance -- 3. Music and radio -- 4. Film and television -- 5. The visual arts beyond modernism -- Conclusion : rethinking the 1950s
13 mar 2007 · This book provides a stimulating account of the dominant cultural forms of 1950s America: fiction and poetry; theatre and performance; film and television; music and radio; and the visual arts. Through detailed commentary and focused case studies of influential texts and events - from Invisible Man to West Side Story, from Disneyland ...
Beat movement, American social and literary movement originating in the 1950s and centred in the bohemian artist communities of San Francisco’s North Beach, Los Angeles’ Venice West, and New York City’s Greenwich Village.
