Cette série plonge dans le monde captivant de la culture populaire, en retraçant son évolution au fil des décennies. Elle explore comment la musique, le cinéma, la mode et d'autres formes d'art ont reflété et façonné les changements de la société. Offrant un aperçu fascinant de ce qui définit la culture de masse et de son impact sur nos vies. C'est une lecture essentielle pour quiconque s'intéresse à l'histoire culturelle et aux tendances.
What did people do for fun in the earliest years of the 20th Century? How did they dress? This book looks at popular culture at the turn of the century and covers the dawn of recording technology, the birth of jazz, early moving pictures, the first daily comics, and much, much more, including how WWI affected the popular culture of the era.
With Disney and Elvis Presley, Teddy Boys and Marilyn Monroe, this was the era where popular culture really came into its own! It was also the era where a TV set might find its home in the living room of an average family. Find out how fashion, music, and movies changed and developed after WWII, and how the Cold War also had an influence.
Thatcher and Reagan, Blair and Clinton, politics played a role in the popular culture of the era, while new technology led to video game arcades popping up anywhere teenagers might be lurking.
The British Invasion, Andy Warhol, Swinging London, the Summer of Love, disco dancing, and polyester, the 1960s and 1970s are the era that most people associate with pop culture. So much changed during these decades - from technological advances such as the Moon landing, to conflicts like the Vietnam War.
Who were the flappers? What were talkies? Who inspired the Harlem Renaissance? This book provides the answers and covers the effect of World War I and the newfound freedom of women on the popular culture of the era. For this was the age of jazz and cabaret, King Kong and Tarzan, and the golden age of radio.