Realism for the masses : aesthetics, popular front pluralism, and U.S. culture, 1935-1947
- Title
- Realism for the masses : aesthetics, popular front pluralism, and U.S. culture, 1935-1947 / Chris Vials.
- Published by
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2009.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xlii, 232 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Cultural pluralism > United States > History > 20th century
- Aesthetics, American > History > 20th century
- Liberalism > United States > History > 20th century
- Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century
- United States > Civilization > 1918-1945
- United States > Intellectual life > 20th century
- American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
- Realism > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century
- Cultural industries > United States > History > 20th century
- Contents
- 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
- JFE 09-2905
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-223) and index.
- Author
- Vials, Chris.
- Title
- Realism for the masses : aesthetics, popular front pluralism, and U.S. culture, 1935-1947 / Chris Vials.
- Imprint
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-223) and index.
- LCCN
- 2008034577
- ISBN
- 9781604731231 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1604731230 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Research call number
- JFE 09-2905