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Realism for the masses : aesthetics, popular front pluralism, and U.S. culture, 1935-1947 / Chris Vials.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vials, Chris.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- Liberalism--United States--History--20th century.
- Liberalism.
- Cultural pluralism--United States--History--20th century.
- Cultural pluralism.
- Cultural industries--United States--History--20th century.
- Cultural industries.
- Aesthetics, American--20th century.
- Aesthetics, American.
- Realism--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Realism.
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- United States--Civilization--1918-1945.
- United States.
- United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (275 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson, [Miss.] : University Press of Mississippi, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Chris Vials explores how the concept of realism entered mass culture, and from there, how it tried to remake 'America'. The literary and artistic creations of American realism are generally associated with the late nineteenth century. However, this book argues that the aesthetic actually saturated American culture in the 1930s and 1940s, and that the left social movements of the period were in no small part responsible.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The people's form finds its audience : popular front realism and the culture industries
- Taking down the Great White Hope : the popular front boxing narrative
- Radio soaps, Broadway lights : Lillian Hellman, Shirley Graham, and the interpellation of female audiences
- Realism with a little sex in it : Erskine Caldwell's challenge to Gone with the wind
- Asian yeoman and ugly Americans : Carlos Bulosan, H.T. Tsiang, and the U.S. literary market
- The popular front in the American century : Life magazine, Margaret Bourke-White, and partisan objectivity.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-48596-2
- 9786612485961
- 1-60473-349-7
- OCLC:
- 468765147
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