Bibliograph

A kinder, gentler America, melancholia and the mythical 1950s, Mary Caputi

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A kinder, gentler America, melancholia and the mythical 1950s, Mary Caputi

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A kinder, gentler America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Mary Caputi

Sub title

melancholia and the mythical 1950s

Table Of Contents

The "Fifties, " an American metaphor -- A vertiginous languor: modernity and melancholia -- Overripe America -- Making love with absence: neoconservatism and the Fifties -- X-ray vision and the powers of performance: letting go of the Fifties -- The Left reviews the "Fifties" -- Conclusion: America, a phoenix reborn (again)

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