| Description |
460 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Prologue : shifting from the modern to a postmodern milieu -- 1946-1963 : living the American dream in a time of new uncertainties -- 1964-1979 : adjusting to postmodern social challenges -- 1980-2000 : fantasizing reality as a refuge from real world uncertainties -- Indulging the self as a way of life at century's end -- Epilogue : looking back while looking ahead to a new century |
| Summary |
"In covering the years from the late 1940s through 2000, this book's sociocultural focus is on the visual impact of momentous developments in postmodern media culture in America, particularly as they have reflected a narrowing of the divide between the elite and mass culture, blurring the lines between fantasy and reality, and the social fragmentation of American life. As such, this book complements and expands on the commentary and conclusions of the author's initial inquiry into the modern era of media-made culture in The Visual Focus of American Media Culture in the Twentieth Century (FDUP, 2004)." "Like the first book, the second also relies on the collective metaphor of the mediated vision to show how the visually oriented communication forms of the media culture have influenced and contributed to the origin of varied subcultural sectors in the postmodern era, extending from the appearance of television in the late 1940s to the advent of the Internet near the end of the century."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 402-413) and index |
| Subject |
Mass media and culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Civilization -- 1945-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139945
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| LC no. |
2005023494 |
| ISBN |
083864080X alkaline paper |
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