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The making of middle/brow culture / Joan Shelley Rubin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rubin, Joan Shelley, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Books and reading--United States--History--20th century.
- Books and reading.
- Literature--Appreciation--United States--History--20th century.
- Literature.
- Art appreciation--United States--History--20th century.
- Art appreciation.
- Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- Middle class--United States--History--20th century.
- Middle class.
- Self-culture--History--20th century.
- Self-culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (439 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Making of middlebrow culture.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The proliferation of book clubs, reading groups, ""outline"" volumes, and new forms of book reviewing in the first half of the twentieth century influenced the tastes and pastimes of millions of Americans. Joan Rubin here provides the first comprehensive analysis of this phenomenon, the rise of American middlebrow culture, and the values encompassed by it.Rubin centers her discussion on five important expressions of the middlebrow: the founding of the Book-of-the-Month Club; the beginnings of ""great books"" programs; the creation of the New York Herald Tribune's book-review section
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Self, Culture, and Self-Culture in America; Chapter 2. The ""Higher Journalism"" Realigned: Stuart Pratt Sherman, Irita Van Doren, and Books; Chapter 3. Why Do You Disappoint Yourself?: The Early History of the Book-of-the-Month Club; Chapter 4. Classics and Commercials: John Erskine and ""Great Books""; Chapter 5. Merchant of Light: Will Durant and the Vogue of the ""Outline""; Chapter 6. Information, Please!: Book Programs on Commercial Radio; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- ZPermissions; illustrations
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890866608
- 9780807864265
- 0807864269
- OCLC:
- 137342397
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