The Cultural Front: The Laboring of American Culture in the Twentieth Century

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Author/Contributor(s): Denning, Michael Publisher: Verso Date: 1/4/2011 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW The Cultural Front charts the extraordinary upsurge of cultural activity a nd theory in America that began during the Great Depression and embraced Disney animators and proletarian novelists alike, alongside Orson Welles, Duke Ellington, John Dos Passos, C. L. R James and Billie Holiday. Spawned by the Popular Front of the Communist Party, it grew to encompass virtually every aspect of high and popular art in the US, instigating one of the most culturally rich and exciting periods in American history. Show more