American culture in the 1970s

• Main Author: Kaufman, Will.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2009.
• Series: Twentieth-century American culture.
• Subjects: Popular culture > History > 20th century. > United States; Nineteen seventies.; Popular culture.; HISTORY.; United States > Social life and customs > 1971-; United States > Civilization > 1970-; Electronic books.
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The 1970s was one of the most culturally vibrant periods in American history. This book discusses the dominant cultural forms of the 1970s - fiction and poetry; television and drama; film and visual culture; popular music and style; public space and spectacle - and the decade's most influential...

Table of Contents:

• Chronolgy of 1970s American culture
• Introduction: The intellectual context
• Fiction and poetry
• Television and drama
• Film and visual culture
• Popular music and style
• Public space and spectacle
• Conclusion: Rethinking the 1970s.