Juke Box Britain - Americanisation and Youth Culture, 194560

Informationen zum Autor Adrian Horn is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of History at Lancaster University, and an Associate Lecturer in Social Sciences with the Open University Klappentext Presents a highly original and detailed investigation into the nature of American visual, musical and cultural influences on British youth between 1945 and 1960. It looks at the spread of youth culture, juke boxes, coffee and milk bars, dress styles and rock 'n' roll and the context of these 'new' cultural influences in design, music and lifestyle. Zusammenfassung Presents a highly original and detailed investigation into the nature of American visual, musical and cultural influences on British youth between 1945 and 1960. It looks at the spread of youth culture, juke boxes, coffee and milk bars, dress styles and rock ‘n’ roll and the context of these ‘new’ cultural influences in design, music and lifestyle. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Context - British acceptance and resistance to American popular culture pre 19452. Americanisation and the post-war juke box3. American music, juke boxes and cultural resistance4. British teenagers5. Spivs and Teds: changing meanings of 'rebellious' male dress styles6. Cutting your coat according to your cloth: Dress styles for young women after World War II7. Venues: From arcade to high streetConclusionBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: HORN, Adrian Horn
• Assisted by: Jeffrey Richards (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.11.2010
• EAN: 9780719083662
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8366-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Studies in Popular Culture; Studies in Popular Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science