Happy days: images of the pre-sixties past in seventies America
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New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2024].
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Book
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227 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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North Branford/Atwater Adult Nonfiction - New
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"The 1970's are frequently seen as a watershed period, an era from which sources of 21st-century American culture began to flow. But the 1970's are also seen as a particularly backward-looking time, seen by many critics as morbidly nostalgic for times before the wrenching changes that were associated with the 1960's. Happy Days: Images of the Pre-Sixties Past in Seventies America explores the relationship of the 1970's American culture to the pre-Sixties past through four case studies: representations of the 1950's; the emergence of neo-noir films and the reimagination of the mid-20th century figure of the hardboiled private investigator; reflections on the Revolutionary past on the occasion of the Bicentennial; and the legacy of slavery in the works of Alex Haley and Octavia Butler. Far from mere nostalgia, Americans' diverse reimaginings of the past were a significant part of what made the 1970's so culturally foundational for the decades to come"--

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"The 1970's are frequently seen as a watershed period, an era from which sources of 21st-century American culture began to flow. But the 1970's are also seen as a particularly backward-looking time, seen by many critics as morbidly nostalgic for times before the wrenching changes that were associated with the 1960's. Happy Days: Images of the Pre-Sixties Past in Seventies America explores the relationship of the 1970's American culture to the pre-Sixties past through four case studies: representations of the 1950's; the emergence of neo-noir films and the reimagination of the mid-20th century figure of the hardboiled private investigator; reflections on the Revolutionary past on the occasion of the Bicentennial; and the legacy of slavery in the works of Alex Haley and Octavia Butler. Far from mere nostalgia, Americans' diverse reimaginings of the past were a significant part of what made the 1970's so culturally foundational for the decades to come"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Alpers, B. L. (2024). Happy days: images of the pre-sixties past in seventies America. New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Alpers, Benjamin Leontief, 1965-. 2024. Happy Days: Images of the Pre-sixties Past in Seventies America. New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Alpers, Benjamin Leontief, 1965-, Happy Days: Images of the Pre-sixties Past in Seventies America. New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University Press, 2024.

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Alpers, Benjamin Leontief. Happy Days: Images of the Pre-sixties Past in Seventies America. New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University Press, 2024.

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