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The Civil War in American Culture
Will Kaufman
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Description for The Civil War in American Culture
Paperback. This book takes an innovative approach to the American Civil War, exploring its cultural origins and enduring cultural legacy. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
The Civil War is an event of great cultural significance, impacting upon American literature, film, music, electronic media, the marketplace and public performance. This book takes an innovative approach to this great event in American history, exploring its cultural origins and enduring cultural legacy. It focuses upon the place of the Civil War across the broad sweep of American cultural forms and practices and reveals important links between historical events and contemporary culture. The first chapter introduces a discussion of ante-bellum culture and the part cultural forces played in the sectional crisis that exploded into full-blown war in 1861. ... Read more
The Civil War is an event of great cultural significance, impacting upon American literature, film, music, electronic media, the marketplace and public performance. This book takes an innovative approach to this great event in American history, exploring its cultural origins and enduring cultural legacy. It focuses upon the place of the Civil War across the broad sweep of American cultural forms and practices and reveals important links between historical events and contemporary culture. The first chapter introduces a discussion of ante-bellum culture and the part cultural forces played in the sectional crisis that exploded into full-blown war in 1861. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748619351
SKU
V9780748619351
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About Will Kaufman
Will Kaufman is Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of Central Lancashire and a founder of the Maastricht Center for Transatlantic Studies in the Netherlands. He is the author of The Comedian as Confidence Man: Studies in Irony Fatigue (1997) and The Civil War in American Culture (2006).
Reviews for The Civil War in American Culture
Kaufman moves elegantly and expertly from the actual events of the Civil War to its representation in all kinds of modern popular culture, from the labels of whisky bottles (one of which adorns his cover) to southern rock music, from bikinis to Playmobil figures... this is an exciting, wide-ranging and instructive book.
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