The Real Thing by Miles Orvell
This is a perceptive study of the relationship between technology and culture. Orvell discusses Whitman and his world, then considers material culture, photography, and literature. Among the cultural figures discussed are writers Henry James, John Dos Passos, and James Agee; photographers Alfred Stieglitz and Margaret Bourke-White; and architect-designers Gustav Stickley and Frank Lloyd Wright. A witty essay on the significance of junk in the 1930s concludes the book.-
Horrible Prettiness
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Modern Bodies
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Reading Football
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Early Downhome Blues
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Our Daily Bread
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Landscapes of the New West
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A Measure of Perfection
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Nature's State
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Panic!
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Making Something Happen
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American Photography and the American Dream
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The Genteel Tradition and the Sacred Rage
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America's Culture of Terrorism
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Beloved Community
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Pragmatism and the Political Economy of Cultural Evolution
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John Brown's Body
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Staging Depth
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Sensational Modernism
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Slippery Characters
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Civic Myths
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Dictators, Democracy, and American Public Culture
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A Race of Singers
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Contested Culture
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American Alchemy
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Tender Violence
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Romancing the Folk
Miles Orvell is professor of English and American studies at Temple University. He is the author of The Death and Life of Main Street: Small Towns in American Memory, Space, and Community.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780807842461 |
| ISBN 10 | 080784246X |
| Title | The Real Thing |
| Author | Miles Orvell |
| Series | Cultural Studies Of The United States |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Year published | 1989-04-30 |
| Number of pages | 408 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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