Great depression and the culture of abundance, the: kenneth fearing, nathanael west, and mass culture in the 1930s
Auteur :
Barnard, Rita
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521102223
Date de publication :
9 janv. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
420 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Examines the response of American leftist writers from the 1930s to the rise of mass culture, and to the continued propagation of the values of consumerism during the Depression. It traces in the work of Kenneth Fearing and Nathaniel West certain theoretical positions associated with the Frankfurt school (especially Walter Benjamin) and with contemporary theorists of postmodernism.