© Columbia University Press
American Culture in the 1960s
December, 2008
Paper, 224 pages, 10
ISBN: 978-0-7486-1947-4
Edinburgh University Press
$29.50
This book provides a vivid account of the major cultural forms of 1960s America – fiction and poetry; music and performance; film and television; art and photography – as well as influential texts, trends and figures of the decade: from the Civil Rights Movement to the rise of George Wallace and Barry Goldwater, from John F. Kennedy’s speeches to Dick Gregory’s stand-up comedy, from Bob Dylan to Sylvia Plath, and from pop art to protests against the Vietnam War. A focused chapter on new social movements demonstrates that a current of conservatism runs through even the most revolutionary movements of the 1960s.
Key Features:
Focused case studies featuring key texts, genres, writers, artists and cultural trends
Detailed chronology of 1960s American culture
Bibliographies for each chapter
10 black and white illustrations