Culture in Britain since 1945
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Culture in Britain since 1945
(Making contemporary Britain)
B. Blackwell, 1991
- : hard
- : pbk
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"Institute of Contemporary British History"--Cover
Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-195) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book examines culture in Britain since 1945 within its political, social, economic and ideological contexts, showing how these have affected the production and consumption of literature, music, drama, architecture, painting, sculpture, film and popular music. Key issues such as the Americanization of British culture, and the role of state and commercial finance are related to the broad changes in British society since 1945.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Past and present 1945-1957: tradition, war, consensus
- literature and drama - rhetoric to empiricism
- music, painting, sculpture - modest openings to the world
- rebuilding and redesigning Britain
- the mass media. Part 2 Great expectations: new departures
- "the snobbery that used to exist..."
- art - modernist programmes and personal visions
- underground and overground. Part 3 The return of Gradgrind 1977-1990: the end of consensus
- chariots of fire
- not without renown - art music and architecture
- from ink to inc
- a decent record. Appendix: television national top thirties for week ending January 1990.
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