Post-Sixties Narratives As Cultural Criticism - Seeking Radical Change in America

With a focus on essays in Dissent magazine, as well books on American culture by Daniel Bell, and Russell Jacoby, this book examines the cultural criticism led by New York intellectuals from the 1960s onwards, considering the influence of such critique on American collective memory and contemporary public culture.

List of contents

1.Post-Sixties narratives in contemporary American cultural criticism; 2. The New York intellectuals and Dissent magazine; 3. Bob Dylan, the New York intellectuals, and post-Sixties narratives; 4. "The masses": a sociological trope; 5. "Bohemia": an intellectual trope; 6. Daniel Bell: the adversary culture of the 1960s; 7. Russell Jacoby: from Bohemia to Academia; 8. From counterculture to cyberculture; 9. Intellectuals and their America; Conclusion

About the author

Lin Xiang is Associate Professor of English at Sichuan Normal University, China.

Summary

With a focus on essays in Dissent magazine, as well books on American culture by Daniel Bell, and Russell Jacoby, this book examines the cultural criticism led by New York intellectuals from the 1960s onwards, considering the influence of such critique on American collective memory and contemporary public culture.

Product details

• Authors: Lin Xiang, Lin (Sichuan Normal University Xiang
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781032173412
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3217341-2
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Cultural Studies, English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000