The Arts in the 1970s: Cultural Closure

by Bart J. Moore-Gilbert

Book Overview

Were the 1970s really the devils decade'? Images of strikes, galloping inflation, rising unemployment and bitter social divisions evoke a period of unparalleled economic decline, political confrontation and social fragmentation. But how significant were the pessimism and self-doubt of the 1970s, and what was the legacy of its cultural conflicts?
Covering the entire spectrum of the arts - drama, television, film, poetry, the novel, popular music,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415099064
• ISBN13: 9780415099066
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 9.1"