An overview of the American documentary film
A thematic introduction to American ethnic history which provides an overview of key historiographical debates.
A clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1940s America: fiction and non-fiction (specifically newspapers and magazines), music and radio, film and theatre, serious and popular visual arts, and case studies of influential texts and practitioners of the decade.
A clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1960s America – fiction and poetry; music and performance; film and television; art and photography – and influential texts of the decade.
A study of the representation of 9/11 and the 'war on terror'.
This unique assessment of the presidency of George W. Bush reviews the successes and failures of his first and second terms.
Focuses on the dramatic cultural transformations of the last decade of the millennium, providing a clear overview of the major cultural forms of 1990s America.
This book provides a fresh account of the major cultural and intellectual trends of the United States in the 1910s, a decade characterised by war, the flowering of modernism, the birth of Hollywood, and Progressive interpretations of culture and society.
An ideal guide to aesthetics
This book focuses specifically on short fiction written since 1950, a particularly rich and diverse period in the history of the form. A selective approach has been taken, focusing on the best and most representative work.
The first collective record of the evolution of general medical practice as an academic discipline over half a century.
American Postfeminist Cinema is the first book to examine the symbiotic relationship between heterosexual romance and postfeminist culture.