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Perfectly Average: The Pursuit of Normality in Postwar America (Culture, Politics, and the Cold War)
Anna Creadick
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Paperback. Investigates how and why "normality" reemerged as a potent homogenizing category in postwar America. Working with scientific studies, material culture, literary texts, film, fashion, and the mass media, the author charts the pursuit of the "normal" throug Series: Culture, Politics & the Cold War. Num Pages: 240 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
At the end of World War II, many Americans longed for a return to a more normal way of life after decades of depression and war. In fact, between 1945 and 1963 the idea of ""normality"" circulated as a keyword in almost every aspect of American culture. But what did this term really mean? What were its parameters? Whom did it propose to include and exclude? In Perfectly Average, Anna Creadick investigates how and why ""normality"" reemerged as a potent homogenizing category in postwar America. Working with scientific studies, material culture, literary texts, film, fashion, and the mass media, she ... Read more
At the end of World War II, many Americans longed for a return to a more normal way of life after decades of depression and war. In fact, between 1945 and 1963 the idea of ""normality"" circulated as a keyword in almost every aspect of American culture. But what did this term really mean? What were its parameters? Whom did it propose to include and exclude? In Perfectly Average, Anna Creadick investigates how and why ""normality"" reemerged as a potent homogenizing category in postwar America. Working with scientific studies, material culture, literary texts, film, fashion, and the mass media, she ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Series
Culture, Politics & the Cold War
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558498068
SKU
V9781558498068
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