The Cultural Front charts the extraordinary upsurge of cultural activity and theory in America that began during the Great Depression and embraced Disney animators and proletarian novelists alike, alongside Orson Welles, Duke Ellington, John Dos Passos, C. L. R James and Billie Holiday. Spawned by the Popular Front of the Communist Party, it grew to encompass virtually every aspect of high and popular art in the US, instigating one of the most culturally rich and exciting periods in American history.
| ISBN: | 9781844674640 |
| Publication date: | 7th January 2011 |
| Author: | Michael Denning |
| Publisher: | Verso |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 576 pages |
| Genres: |
Cultural studies |
The Cultural Front charts the extraordinary upsurge of cultural activity and theory in America that began during the Great Depression and embraced Disney animators and proletarian novelists alike, alongside Orson Welles, Duke Ellington, John Dos Passos, C. L. R James and Billie Holiday. Spawned by the Popular Front of the Communist Party, it grew to encompass virtually every aspect of high and popular art in the US, instigating one of the most culturally rich and exciting periods in American history.
The Cultural Front features in the following genres: Cultural studies
The Cultural Front is available in Paperback
The Cultural Front was written by Michael Denning and published by Verso
The Cultural Front has 576 pages
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