Icons of American popular culture [electronic resource] : from P.T. Barnum to Jennifer Lopez / Robert C. Cottrell.
Cottrell, Robert C., 1950-
2010
E169.1 .C787 2010eb
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Title Icons of American popular culture [electronic resource] : from P.T. Barnum to Jennifer Lopez / Robert C. Cottrell.
Author Cottrell, Robert C., 1950-
ISBN 9781782680512 (electronic book)
1782680519 (electronic book)
9781317468325 (electronic book)
9780765622983
076562298X
Imprint Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2010.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxxiv, 243 p.) : ill.
Call Number E169.1 .C787 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.0973
Summary "The American story can be told in many ways and from many points of view. Accounts of military conflicts, political debates, economic developments, and the achievement of great national leaders are all staples of our history education. But we know that there are other faces we show to the world. The popular heroes and heroines, entertainers and teachers, role models and cultural entrepreneurs who have embodied the life of the nation and represented the American Dream offer another window on our social, economic, and political history. They are both the products and the shapers of an ever-changing American society. The stories of their individual lives and endeavors offer perspectives on our history precisely at the points of social change." "Icons of American Popular Culture traces this history in ten chapters, each revolving around the lives of two remarkable individuals who are in some way emblematic of their time, from the antebellum period to the present. Complementing the profiles is a Chronology of Significant Events in the History of American Popular Culture that provides context and adds interest to the volume."--BOOK JACKET.
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Introduction
A Chronology of Significant Events in the History of American Popular Culture
One Democratic Showmen
James Gordon Bennett and P.T. Barnum
Two Exponents of the Culture of Consumption
Marshall Field and Horatio Alger Jr.
Three Stars of Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley
Lillian Russell and Irving Berlin
Four The Cinematic Artist and the Literary Lion D.W. Griffith and Ernest Hemingway
Five The "New Woman" and the "New Negro"
Clara Bow and Bessie Smith
Six Voices of Radical Culture
Margaret Bourke-White and Woody Guthrie
Seven American Heroes
Hank Greenberg and Edward R. Murrow
Eight American Rebels
Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley
Nine American Icons in a Time of Unrest
John F. Kennedy and Muhammad Ali
Ten American Dreamers
Michael Jordan and Jennifer Lopez.

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