Author: Donald-Brian Johnson
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9780764338045
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Pop culture collectibles from the post-World War I and II (1920s-1960s) are brought to life again in this new reference guide. Relive the days of the novelty "must-haves," including Hallmark paper dolls, holiday ephemera, Vogue picture records, and vaudeville. See the impact ceramists Marc Bellaire, Howard Pierce, and Heidi Schoop had in their era and today. Get nostalgic while viewing early TV Guides with "I Love Lucy" and Liberace. Take a walk down memory lane through movie posters featuring such iconic stars as Shirley Temple and Ava Gardner. Enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at popular antique walks held in such places as Walnut, Iowa. With 682 images, this invigorating exploration of the tastes that shaped an era is sure to make you smile. This reference book is a must-have for lovers of American popular culture, historians, and collectors.
Englishness, Pop and Post-war Britain
Author: Kari Kallioniemi
Publisher: Intellect (UK)
ISBN: 9781783205998
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
English pop music served a key role in defining, constructing and challenging various ideas about Englishness after World War II. Kallioniemi covers a range of styles of pop as he explores the question of how various artists, genres and pieces of music contributed to the developing understanding of who and what was English in the postwar years.
Publisher: Intellect (UK)
ISBN: 9781783205998
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
English pop music served a key role in defining, constructing and challenging various ideas about Englishness after World War II. Kallioniemi covers a range of styles of pop as he explores the question of how various artists, genres and pieces of music contributed to the developing understanding of who and what was English in the postwar years.
Postwar America
Author: James Ciment
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317462351
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1721
Book Description
From the outbreak of the Cold War to the rise of the United States as the last remaining superpower, the years following World War II were filled with momentous events and rapid change. Diplomatically, economically, politically, and culturally, the United States became a major influence around the globe. On the domestic front, this period witnessed some of the most turbulent and prosperous years in American history. "Postwar America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History" provides detailed coverage of all the remarkable developments within the United States during this period, as well as their dramatic impact on the rest of the world. A-Z entries address specific persons, groups, concepts, events, geographical locations, organizations, and cultural and technological phenomena. Sidebars highlight primary source materials, items of special interest, statistical data, and other information; and Cultural Landmark entries chronologically detail the music, literature, arts, and cultural history of the era. Bibliographies covering literature from the postwar era and about the era are also included, as are illustrations and specialized indexes.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317462351
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1721
Book Description
From the outbreak of the Cold War to the rise of the United States as the last remaining superpower, the years following World War II were filled with momentous events and rapid change. Diplomatically, economically, politically, and culturally, the United States became a major influence around the globe. On the domestic front, this period witnessed some of the most turbulent and prosperous years in American history. "Postwar America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History" provides detailed coverage of all the remarkable developments within the United States during this period, as well as their dramatic impact on the rest of the world. A-Z entries address specific persons, groups, concepts, events, geographical locations, organizations, and cultural and technological phenomena. Sidebars highlight primary source materials, items of special interest, statistical data, and other information; and Cultural Landmark entries chronologically detail the music, literature, arts, and cultural history of the era. Bibliographies covering literature from the postwar era and about the era are also included, as are illustrations and specialized indexes.
After the Ball
Author: Ian Whitcomb
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879100636
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
(Limelight). An irreverent and engaging chronicle of popular music dating from the 1880s, when Tin Pan Alley was founded, to the present by a British-born songwriter and onetime pop star. "Brash, learned, funny, and perspicacious." The New Yorker
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879100636
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
(Limelight). An irreverent and engaging chronicle of popular music dating from the 1880s, when Tin Pan Alley was founded, to the present by a British-born songwriter and onetime pop star. "Brash, learned, funny, and perspicacious." The New Yorker
Oliver!
Author: Marc Napolitano
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199364826
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
This book tells the full story of the genesis and legacy of Lionel Bart's most famous musical Oliver!, the beloved English musical from the golden age of Broadway. Author Marc Napolitano tracks Oliver! as an adaptation of Oliver Twist, arguing that Oliver! forever changed the cultural perception of its source and remains one of the most influential Dickensian adaptations of all time.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199364826
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
This book tells the full story of the genesis and legacy of Lionel Bart's most famous musical Oliver!, the beloved English musical from the golden age of Broadway. Author Marc Napolitano tracks Oliver! as an adaptation of Oliver Twist, arguing that Oliver! forever changed the cultural perception of its source and remains one of the most influential Dickensian adaptations of all time.
Radio Reader
Author: Michele Hilmes
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415928212
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415928212
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Literature, Politics, and Culture in Postwar Britain
Author: Alan Sinfield
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520068292
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Considers the social and political climate of postwar Great Britain and its effect on the literary scene of the time
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520068292
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Considers the social and political climate of postwar Great Britain and its effect on the literary scene of the time
Fanning the Flames
Author: William W. Kelly
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791485382
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Fanning the Flames examines the worlds of fans in the exuberant and commercialized popular culture of contemporary Japan. The works collected here profile denizens of all-night rap clubs; sumo stable patrons; passionate fan clubs of a professional baseball team; enthusiasts of traditional rakugo storytelling; a club of middle-aged female fans of a popular music star; youthful followers of Japan's longest-running rock band; vinyl record collectors; and a thriving community of girls and women who produce and devour amateur comics. Grounded in close, often extended fieldwork with the fans themselves, each case study is an effort to understand both the personal pleasures and political economies of fandoms. The contributors explore the many ways that fans in and of Japanese mass culture actively search for intimacy and identity amid the powerful corporate structures that produce the leisure and entertainment of today's Japan.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791485382
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
Fanning the Flames examines the worlds of fans in the exuberant and commercialized popular culture of contemporary Japan. The works collected here profile denizens of all-night rap clubs; sumo stable patrons; passionate fan clubs of a professional baseball team; enthusiasts of traditional rakugo storytelling; a club of middle-aged female fans of a popular music star; youthful followers of Japan's longest-running rock band; vinyl record collectors; and a thriving community of girls and women who produce and devour amateur comics. Grounded in close, often extended fieldwork with the fans themselves, each case study is an effort to understand both the personal pleasures and political economies of fandoms. The contributors explore the many ways that fans in and of Japanese mass culture actively search for intimacy and identity amid the powerful corporate structures that produce the leisure and entertainment of today's Japan.
Crosstown Traffic
Author: Charles Shaar Murray
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312063245
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Called by "Entertainment Weekly" "The best book on Hendrix", "Crosstown Traffic" rode their A-list for over two months and won the prestigious Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award. Roots-savvy British critic Charles Shaar Murray assesses the lifework of guitarist Jimi Hendrix in the context of black musical tradition, social history, and the upheaval of the 1960s.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312063245
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Called by "Entertainment Weekly" "The best book on Hendrix", "Crosstown Traffic" rode their A-list for over two months and won the prestigious Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award. Roots-savvy British critic Charles Shaar Murray assesses the lifework of guitarist Jimi Hendrix in the context of black musical tradition, social history, and the upheaval of the 1960s.
Takin' Care of Business
Author: George Case
Publisher:
ISBN: 0197548814
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
In this insightful and timely book, author George Case shows how an important strain of rock music spoke as much to a working-class populist audience as to the rebellious youth audience we typically associate with this music, helping to reset the boundaries of left and right in American society.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0197548814
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
In this insightful and timely book, author George Case shows how an important strain of rock music spoke as much to a working-class populist audience as to the rebellious youth audience we typically associate with this music, helping to reset the boundaries of left and right in American society.
I Don't Sound Like Nobody
Author: Albin Zak
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472035126
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
A definitive study of the most important decade in post-World War II popular music history
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472035126
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
A definitive study of the most important decade in post-World War II popular music history