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Happy Days and Wonder Years: The Fifties and the Sixties in Contemporary Cultural Politics

Happy Days and Wonder Years: The Fifties and the Sixties in Contemporary Cultural Politics

Marcus, Daniel

Paperback

20th Century United States HistoryGeneral World HistoryUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 0813533910
ISBN13: 9780813533919
Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr
Published: Mar 10 2004
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.72 Width: 6.02 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
In the twenty-first century, why do we keep talking about the Fifties and the Sixties? The stark contrast between these decades, their concurrence with the childhood and youth of the baby boomers, and the emergence of television and rock and roll help to explain their symbolic power. In Happy Days and Wonder Years, Daniel Marcus reveals how interpretations of these decades have figured in the cultural politics of the United States since 1970.

From Ronald Reagan's image as a Fifties Cold Warrior to Bill Clinton's fandom for Elvis Presley and John F. Kennedy, politicians have invoked the Fifties and the Sixties to connect to their public. Marcus shows how films, television, music, and memoirs have responded to the political nostalgia of today, and why our entertainment remains immersed in reruns, revivals, and references to earlier times. This book offers a new understanding of how politics and popular culture have influenced our notions of the past, and how events from long ago continue to shape our understanding of the present day.

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