From Television to the Internet: Postmodern Visions of American Media Culture in the Twentieth CenturyFairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 2006 - Всего страниц: 460 This book complements and expands on the commentary andconclusions of the author's initial inquiry into the modern era ofmedia-made culture in The Visual Focus of American Media Culture inthe Twentieth Century (FDUP, 2004). From the 1890s on to the 1920sand the Depression and World War II years, society's pervasivelycommunal focus demanded idealized images and romanticizedinterpretations of life. But the communal imperative, as it was impactedon by evolving social change, harbored the seeds of its owndisintegration. |
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19641979 Adjusting to Postmodern Social Challenges | 106 |
19802000 Fantasizing Reality as a Refuge from RealWorld Uncertainties | 241 |
Indulging the Self as a Way of Life at Centurys End | 339 |
Looking Back While Looking Ahead to a New Century | 362 |
Notes | 368 |
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