Culture in an Age of Money

The Legacy of the 1980s in America

Häftad, Engelska, 1991

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Fifteen brilliant essays on the kind of culture created by the magic of the marketplace in 1980s America, from architecture to the yuppie ascendancy. Amusing, caustic and cleverly written....What makes Culture in an Age of Money fun to read is its refreshing candor. —New York Times

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1991-08-01
Mått160 x 227 x 19 mm
Vikt372 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor254
FörlagIvan R Dee, Inc
ISBN9780929587714

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Part 1 The Culture of Triumph and the Spirit of the Times 11Part 2 Blips, Bites and Savvy Talk 29Part 3 Putting on the Glitz: Architecture After Postmodernism 47Part 4 The Short Happy Life of the American Yuppie 66Part 5 Pluggies 83Part 6 A Culture of Paper Tigers 95Part 7 Blackness Without Blood 109Part 8 Civil Rights and the Reagan Court 130Part 9 The Trials of Televangelism 142Part 10 Vietnam Screen Wars 156Part 11 China, Bloomie's and the Met 175Part 12 The Literature of AIDS 201Part 13 Fictions of Acquisition 216Part 14 The End of the Common Reader 234Part 15 Presidency by Ralph Lauren: Closing the Decade in Style 246