Morris Dickstein - Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression

Morris Dickstein - Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression

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In this engaging illustrated history, Morris Dickstein approaches the Great Depression from an unusual angle: the popular culture of the ?30s. The people were impoverished, but the era they lived in was rich in culture--and in contradictions. Dickstein looks at the movies, the literature, the pop songs (including a close reading of the one from which he takes his title), and much more to give us a picture of an era that ran the gamut from feel-good movies like the screwball comedies to the grim realism of John Steinbeck's THE GRAPES OF WRATH, from the big band standards of the Swing Era to rise of the blues. Dickstein deepens our understanding of a period in American history that has special relevance in 2009, when his book was published.

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Authors Morris Dickstein
Nonfiction Category History

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Publishers Weekly: "Dickstein's fluent, erudite, intriguing meditations turn up many resonances....[A] fascinating portrait of a distant era that still speaks compellingly to our own."

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Hardcover576September 14, 2009W W Norton & Co Inc10"(h) x 7"(w) x 1.75"(d), 2.25 lbs.9780393072259

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