The Power of culture : critical essays in American history / edited by Richard Wightman Fox and T.J. Jackson Lears.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fox, Richard Wightman, 1945-

Lears, T. J. Jackson, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Civilization--20th century.

United States.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

vi, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993.

Summary:

Introduction by Richard A. Wightman Fox and T.J. Jackson LearsThe Author and RepresentationSherwood Anderson: Looking for the White SpotT.J. Jackson LearsUnlimn'd They Disappear: Recollecting Yonnondio: From the ThirtiesChristopher P. WilsonCultural Sagas of the Moral LifeEarly American Murder Narratives: The Birth of HorrorKaren HalttunenIntimacy on Trial: Cultural Meanings of the Beecher-Titlton AffairRichard Wightman FoxThe Experience of ClassThe Class Experience of Mass Consumption: Workers as Consumers in Interwar AmericaLizabeth CohenBetween Culture and Consumption: The Mediations of the MiddlebrowJoan Shelley RubinPublic Power and the Production of CultureFighting for the American Family: Private Interests and Political Obligation in World War IIRobert WestbrookMaking Time: Representations of Technology at the 1964 World's FairMichael L. SmithAn Atmosphere of Effrontery: Richard Serra, "Tilted Arc," and the Crisis of Public ArtCasey Nelson Blake

Contents:

Sherwood Anderson / Jackson Lears

Unlimn'd they disappear / Christopher P. Wilson

Early American murder narratives / Karen Halttunen

Intimacy on trial / Richard Wightman Fox

The class experience of mass consumption / Lizabeth Cohen

Between culture and consumption / Joan Shelley Rubin

Fighting for the American family / Robert Westbrook

Making time / Michael L. Smith

An atmosphere of effrontery / Casey Nelson Blake.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0226259544

0226259552

OCLC:

26635826