Culture makers : urban performance and literature in the 1920s / Amy Koritz.
Culture makers : urban performance and literature in the 1920s / Amy Koritz.
Culture makers : urban performance and literature in the 1920s / Amy Koritz.
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Publisher
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2009.
Date
2009.
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N700.97309/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
Introduction: work, consumerism, and the city -- Drama and the rhythm of work in the 1920s -- Consumption and commitment: Rachel Crothers and the flapper's dilemma -- More than rhythm: The charleston -- The inner self of Martha Graham: versions of authenticity -- "Make yourself for an American": Anz...
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Publisher
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2009.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2009.
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Summary
"Finally, in the domain of American fiction and letters of the 1920s, this study points to several authors' concerns with the social and cultural effects of urbanization in modern America. Analyzing the various and sometimes contrasting strategies of Anzia Yezierska's Salome of the Tenements, John Dos Passos's Manhattan Transfer, and Lewis Mumford'...
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Culture makers : urban performance and literature in the 1920s / Amy Koritz.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N700.97309/1
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74VM0DQgW2Ld
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ISBN
9780252033841 (cloth : acidfree paper)
DDC
700.97309042
MMS ID
991001631559702626
