Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Cinema
Item
Identifier: clels4
Summary of contents
A collection of printed articles that analyse popular culture and media. Major themes of the collection include technological developments in film, film industry economics, gender in film, culture in film, psychology of the audience, entertainment as a part of social development and globalising American entertainment. The articles are most often from either the Journal of Popular Film and Television or the ‘Wide Angle’ publication. The publication date range is 1978-1999. The subject matter...
Dates:
Collection covers ca 1960-2010
Gordon Collection, L. of Congress
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Identifier: clels4
Scope and Contents
Contains the ‘Inferno’ manuscript collection of Robert Winslow Gordon, a series of songs from the early half of the 20th century, along with his correspondence with the donors. The songs often speak about WWI experiences, as well as various tales of the U.S. lifestyle. Also included is a small photographic print of an unknown soldier. The collection date range (by Gordon) is c. 1923-1927. The subject matter date range is unclear. However there is mention of some songs being “hundreds of...
Dates:
Collection covers ca 1960-2010
Morbidity
Item
Identifier: clels4
Summary of contents
A collection of printed articles that analyse the relationship between films and their audiences. Major themes of the collection include “the creation of movie fan culture”, the ‘American Dream’ and the notion of ‘rags to riches’, historiography of pop culture research, immobility of women in earlier film-making, and the relationship between socio-politics and film. The publication date range is 1970-1996. The subject matter incudes dates between c. 1892-1981.
Dates:
Collection covers ca 1960-2010
