Dancing in the dark a cultural history of the Great Depression

Dancing in the Dark shows how our worst economic crisis, as it eroded American individualism and punctured the American dream, produced in the 1930s some of the greatest writing, photography, and mass entertainment ever seen in this country.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dickstein, Morris
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton, c2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Dancing in the Dark shows how our worst economic crisis, as it eroded American individualism and punctured the American dream, produced in the 1930s some of the greatest writing, photography, and mass entertainment ever seen in this country.
Physical Description:xxiii, 598 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [533]-564) and index.
ISBN:9780393072259 (hardcover) :
0393072258 (hardcover)
Author Notes:Morris Dickstein (1940--2021) was Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and Theatre at the CUNY Graduate Center and the author of Gates of Eden , Dancing in the Dark , an award-winning cultural history of the Great Depression, and Why Not Say What Happened , a memoir.