Revisiting and Revising the Fifties in Contemporary US Popular Culture

In this book, Eleonora Ravizza analyzes how contemporary American popular culture has represented and reproduced the fifties. By investigating the cultural work of films and TV series from the last two decades, the book uncovers the inherent limitations o

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Revisiting and Revising the Fifties in Contemporary US Popular Culture Self-Reflexivity, Melodrama, and Nostalgia in Film and Television

Revisiting and Revising the Fifties in Contemporary US Popular Culture

Eleonora Ravizza

Revisiting and Revising the Fifties in Contemporary US Popular Culture Self-Reflexivity, Melodrama, and Nostalgia in Film and Television

Eleonora Ravizza Leipzig, Germany Dissertation, Universität Leipzig, 2019

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