ISBN:
9783839434550
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3839434556
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9783837634556
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3837634558
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
American culture studies volume 14
DDC:
304.873
Keywords:
Geschichte 1929-1960
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Literatur
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Film
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Mobilität
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Migration, Internal History 20th century
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Motion pictures Social aspects
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American literature Social aspects 20th century
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Social mobility
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Human geography
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Sex role
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Popular culture
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Cultural studies
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Society and culture: general
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Society and social sciences Society and social sciences
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Emigration & Immigration
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Popular Culture
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Social mobility
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Sex role
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Race relations
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Popular culture
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Human geography
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American literature Social aspects
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Migration, Internal
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Motion pictures Social aspects
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USA
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United States Race relations
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History
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Hochschulschrift
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Hochschulschrift
Abstract:
American Mobilities investigates representations of mobility - social, economic, geographic - in American film and literature during the Depression, WWII, and the early Cold War. With an emphasis on the dual meaning of "domestic, " referring to both the family home and the nation, this study traces the important trope of mobility that runs through the "American" century. Juxtaposing canonical fiction with popular, and low-budget independent films with Classical Hollywood, Leyda brings the analytic tools of American cultural and literary studies to bear on an eclectic array of primary texts as she builds a case for the significance of mobility in the study of the United States.--...
Note:
A published record of the author's doctoral research, completed at the University of Washington between 1995 and 1998, and then substantially revised over subsequent years
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