American Culture in the 1920s
- ISBN-10
- 0748630856
- ISBN-13
- 9780748630851
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-03-21
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Author
- Susan Currell
Description
Introduces the major cultural and intellectual trends of the decade by introducing and assessing the development of the primary cultural forms: namely, Fiction, Poetry and Drama, Music and Performance, Film and Radio, and Visual Art and Design. A fifth chapter focuses on the unprecedented rise in the 1920s of Leisure and Consumption.
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