Making American Culture [electronic resource] : A Social History, 1900-1920 /
Bradley, P.author.
This book offers a social and cultural history of American culture in the formative years of the twentieth century, examining forms such as vaudeville, early film, popular songs, modernist art, and many others in the context of contemporary social changes.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-222) and index.
Culture and nationhood -- Vaudeville : template for the century -- Outsider art : American popular song -- Silent film : the private experience -- Censorship, class, and culture -- Isadora Duncan and the spirit of modernism -- Cultural communities and cultural consequences -- Modern art meets modern marketing : the Armory Show -- Unambiguous ambition : Eugene O'Neill and the Provincetown Players -- The politics of culture : the singing army -- Epilogue : broadcasting begins.
This book offers a social and cultural history of American culture in the formative years of the twentieth century, examining forms such as vaudeville, early film, popular songs, modernist art, and many others in the context of contemporary social changes.
America-History.
Social history.
Civilization-History.
United States-History.
History, Modern.
United States-Study and teaching.
History of the Americas.
Social History.
Cultural History.
US History.
Modern History.
American Culture.