American Culture in the 1920s

Edinburgh University Press

2009

xix, 252 p.

Twentieth-century American culture

Includes bibliographical references ([235]-246) and index

9780748625215

Chronology of 1920s American culture -- The intellectual context -- Fiction, poetry, and drama -- Music and performance -- Film and radio -- Visual art and design -- Consumption and leisure -- The cultural legacy of the 1920s.

Introduces the major cultural and intellectual trends of the decade by introducing and assessing the development of the primary cultural forms: namely, Fiction, Poetry and Drama, Music and Performance, Film and Radio, and Visual Art and Design. A fifth chapter focuses on the unprecedented rise in the 1920s of Leisure and Consumption

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