Making American Culture: A Social History, 1900-1920

by P. Bradley

Overview

This book offers a social and cultural history of American culture in the formative years of the twentieth century, examining forms such as vaudeville, early film, popular songs, modernist art, and many others in the context of contemporary social changes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230105843
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	10/17/2010
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

PATRICIA BRADLEY is the former chair of the Department of Journalism and former director of the American Studies Department at Temple University, USA.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations vii

Preface ix

1 Culture and Nationhood 1

2 Vaudeville: Template for the Century 11

3 Outsider Art: American Popular Song 27

4 Silent Film: The Private Experience 45

5 Censorship, Class, and Culture 65

6 Isadora Duncan and the Spirit of Modernism 83

7 Cultural Communities and Cultural Consequences 97

8 Modern Art Meets Modern Marketing: The Armory Show 117

9 Unambiguous Ambition: Eugene O'Neill and the Provincetown Players 135

10 The Politics of Culture: The Singing Army 155

Epilogue: Broadcasting Begins 175

Notes 187

Bibliography 209

Index 223

Editorial Reviews

"Patricia Bradley has a unique way of looking at American media - whether it be broadcasting, vaudeville, or silent film - within a culture building context. Her forte is rejecting standard professional history and analyzing media as a cultural artifact and force intermixed with politics. Bradley examines media content and production within celebrated American values such as the entrepreneurial impulse. This book is a must read for those who want a greater understanding of culture without the usual jargon that accompanies such works. Bradley is a gifted scholar and writer." - Jean Folkerts, Dean and Alumni Distinguished Professor, School of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

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