Realism for the masses : aesthetics, popular front pluralism, and U.S. culture, 1935-1947

Title
  1. Realism for the masses : aesthetics, popular front pluralism, and U.S. culture, 1935-1947 / Chris Vials.
Published by
  1. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2009.
Author
  1. Vials, Chris.

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Description
  1. xlii, 232 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  1. Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century
  2. Liberalism > United States > History > 20th century
  3. Cultural pluralism > United States > History > 20th century
  4. Cultural industries > United States > History > 20th century
  5. Aesthetics, American > History > 20th century
  6. Realism > Social aspects > History > United States > 20th century
  7. American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
  8. United States > Civilization > 1918-1945
  9. United States > Intellectual life > 20th century
Contents
  1. Introduction: The people's form finds its audience : popular front realism and the culture industries -- Taking down the Great White Hope : the popular front boxing narrative -- Radio soaps, Broadway lights : Lillian Hellman, Shirley Graham, and the interpellation of female audiences -- Realism with a little sex in it : Erskine Caldwell's challenge to Gone with the wind -- Asian yeoman and ugly Americans : Carlos Bulosan, H.T. Tsiang, and the U.S. literary market -- The popular front in the American century : Life magazine, Margaret Bourke-White, and partisan objectivity.
Call number
  1. JFE 09-2905
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-223) and index.
Author
  1. Vials, Chris.
Title
  1. Realism for the masses : aesthetics, popular front pluralism, and U.S. culture, 1935-1947 / Chris Vials.
Imprint
  1. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2009.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-223) and index.
LCCN
  1. 2008034577
ISBN
  1. 9781604731231 (cloth : alk. paper)
  2. 1604731230 (cloth : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. JFE 09-2905
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