Dancing in the dark : a cultural history of the Great Depression /
Dickstein, Morris.
Dancing in the dark : a cultural history of the Great Depression / Morris Dickstein. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton, - xxiii, 598 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-564) and index.
Introduction: Depression culture -- pt. 1. Discovering poverty -- The tenement and the world : immigrant lives -- The starvation army -- The country and the city -- Hard times for poets -- Black girls and native sons -- pt. 2. Success and failure -- Beyond the American dream -- What price Hollywood? -- The last film of the 1930s; or, Nothing fails like success -- pt. 3. The culture of elegance -- Fantasy, elegance, mobility : the dream life of the 1930s -- Class for the masses : elegance democratized -- pt. 4. The search for community -- The populist turn : Copland and the popular front -- Who cares? : the world of Porgy and Bess -- The People vs. Frank Capra : populism against itself -- Shakespeare in overalls : an American troubadour -- Gender trouble : exposing the intellectuals -- Conclusion : The work of culture in Depression America.
Dancing in the Dark shows how our worst economic crisis, as it eroded American individualism and punctured the American dream, produced in the 1930s some of the greatest writing, photography, and mass entertainment ever seen in this country.
New York Times 100 notable books of 2009.
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HISTORY--Social History.
Civilization.
Depressions.
Intellectual life.
Manners and customs.
Popular culture.
Wirtschaftskrise
Soziale Situation
Kultur
Weltwirtschaftskrise
Kulturhistoria----1930-talet.
----1930-talet.
Popular culture--History.--United States
Great Depression, 1929-1939.
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
Depressions--United States.--1929
United States--Civilization--1918-1945.
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945.
United States--History--1933-1945.
United States--History--1919-1933.
United States.
USA
USA.
United States--Civilization.
United States--Intellectual life.
United States--Social life and customs.
United States--History--1933-1945.
United States--History--1919-1933.
United States--Civilization--1918-1945.
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945.
United States--History--1933-1945.
United States--History--1919-1933.
History.
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973.91
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Dancing in the dark : a cultural history of the Great Depression / Morris Dickstein. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton, - xxiii, 598 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-564) and index.
Introduction: Depression culture -- pt. 1. Discovering poverty -- The tenement and the world : immigrant lives -- The starvation army -- The country and the city -- Hard times for poets -- Black girls and native sons -- pt. 2. Success and failure -- Beyond the American dream -- What price Hollywood? -- The last film of the 1930s; or, Nothing fails like success -- pt. 3. The culture of elegance -- Fantasy, elegance, mobility : the dream life of the 1930s -- Class for the masses : elegance democratized -- pt. 4. The search for community -- The populist turn : Copland and the popular front -- Who cares? : the world of Porgy and Bess -- The People vs. Frank Capra : populism against itself -- Shakespeare in overalls : an American troubadour -- Gender trouble : exposing the intellectuals -- Conclusion : The work of culture in Depression America.
Dancing in the Dark shows how our worst economic crisis, as it eroded American individualism and punctured the American dream, produced in the 1930s some of the greatest writing, photography, and mass entertainment ever seen in this country.
New York Times 100 notable books of 2009.
9780393072259 0393072258 9780393338768 0393338762
BRO-cust20091230-153 BRO-cust20100118-147
2009017389
GBA974104 bnb
1900-1999
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
Depressions--United States.--1929
HISTORY--Social History.
Civilization.
Depressions.
Intellectual life.
Manners and customs.
Popular culture.
Wirtschaftskrise
Soziale Situation
Kultur
Weltwirtschaftskrise
Kulturhistoria----1930-talet.
----1930-talet.
Popular culture--History.--United States
Great Depression, 1929-1939.
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
Depressions--United States.--1929
United States--Civilization--1918-1945.
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945.
United States--History--1933-1945.
United States--History--1919-1933.
United States.
USA
USA.
United States--Civilization.
United States--Intellectual life.
United States--Social life and customs.
United States--History--1933-1945.
United States--History--1919-1933.
United States--Civilization--1918-1945.
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945.
United States--History--1933-1945.
United States--History--1919-1933.
History.
E806 / .D57 2009
973.91
973.91 D554d