Culture makers
Subtitle: urban performance and literature in the 1920s
By: Amy Koritz.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780252033841
Subjects: American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; City and town life in literature; Dance in literature; United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: work, consumerism, and the city; title: Drama and the rhythm of work in the 1920s; title: Consumption and commitment: Rachel Crothers and the flapper's dilemma; title: More than rhythm: The charleston; title: The inner self of Martha Graham: versions of authenticity; title: "Make yourself for an American": Anzia Yezierska's public sphere; title: Urban form versus human function in the 1920s: Lewis Mumford and John Dos Passos; title: Conclusion: geographies of knowledge.