Modernist America : art, music, movies, and the globalization of American culture / Richard Pells

Author: Pells, Richard H.
Additional Titles: Art, music, movies, and the globalization of American culture
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2011]
Copyright Date: ©2011
Physical Description: xiii, 498 pages ; 25 cm

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Contents

Modernism in Europe and America -- Painting modernity -- The globalization of American architecture -- Modernism in the marketplace -- From The rite of spring to Appalachian spring -- All that jazz -- They're writing songs of love -- "I was just making pictures" : from Charlie Chaplin to Charlie Kane -- Night and fog : from German expressionism to film noir -- The new wave abroad -- The new wave at home -- A method they couldn't refuse -- The global popularity of American movies -- Epilogue. The modernism of American culture.

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9780300115048 (cloth : alk. paper)
0300115040 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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