Dancing in the dark : a cultural history of the Great Depression
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393072259
- ISBN: 0393072258
- ISBN: 9780393338768
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Physical Description:
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xxiii, 598 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, [2009]
- Copyright: ©2009
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-564) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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. II. Success and failure. Beyond the American dream -- What price Hollywood? -- The last film of the 1930s, or, Nothing fails like success -- pt. III. The culture of elegance. Fantasy, elegance, mobility : the dream life of the 1930s -- Class for the masses : elegance democratized -- pt. IV. 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.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 973.91 DIC (Text) | 36015000659199 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
