Brave New Causes by Deborah Philips

Brave New Causes by Deborah Philips

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Challenges cosy representations of the early post-war period, at the same time questioning a received alternative version of the decade as that of the "Angry Young Man", rebellious youth and rock and roll. The text re-examines the literary culture of the 1950s.

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Brave New Causes by Deborah Philips

Challenges cosy representations of the early post-war period, at the same time questioning a received alternative version of the decade as that of the "Angry Young Man", rebellious youth and rock and roll. The text re-examines the literary culture of the 1950s, reconsidering lost narratives, and reintroducing popular forms, particularly those addressed to women, into an account of the literature of the decade. It provides insight into the realignment of gender roles in the postwar period, which belies popular assumptions that women quietly left the workplace after the war, that there were no "Angry Young Women" in the 1950s. The book also offers a re-reading of popular genres for men, and of the canonical texts of the period.
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ISBN 13 9780718500597
ISBN 10 0718500598
Title Brave New Causes
Author Deborah Philips
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 1998-07-01
Number of pages 224
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