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Time Passages: Collective Memory and American Popular Culture / Edition 1

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ISBN-10:: 0816638810
ISBN-13:: 9780816638819
Pub. Date:: 09/27/2001
Publisher:: University of Minnesota Press

ISBN-10:: 0816638810
ISBN-13:: 9780816638819
Pub. Date:: 09/27/2001
Publisher:: University of Minnesota Press

Time Passages: Collective Memory and American Popular Culture / Edition 1

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ISBN-13:	9780816638819
Publisher:	University of Minnesota Press
Publication date:	09/27/2001
Edition description:	First edition
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.40(d)

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George Lipsitz is professor of black studies and sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Among his many books are Dangerous Crossroads and Footsteps in the Dark (Minnesota, 2007).

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This high take on ``low'' culture examines the complex web of popular narratives that arise from and create the American collective memory. Studying the period from the end of WW II to the present, Lipsitz ( Class and Culture in Cold War America ) inventively explores the popular canon, turning variously to television, rock music, film, novels and the Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans who spend all year preparing to celebrate Carnival. Lipsitz argues that TV shows such as I Remember Mama gave voice to immigrant working-class families, in part to inculcate that subculture with a consumer ethic. Rock music is seen as an important dialogic process with African origins, incorporating influences from a variety of ethnic groups . Lipsitz's vocabulary subscribes to academic trends (``metaphoricity''), and careless editing permits a repetition of phrases and ideas. But the author frequently arranges amusing juxtapositions--such as epigraphs by Russian literary critic Mikhail Bakhtin and Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry. (Dec.)

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Lipsitz (history and American studies, U. of Minnesota) offers an analysis (scholarly) and recollection (gritty) of postwar popular culture including television, film, and music. Powerful stuff. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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