Adrian Horn

Juke box Britain

Americanisation and youth culture, 1945-60

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9780719083662
• ISBN-10: 0719083664
• Artikelnr.: 32465667

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Context - British acceptance and resistance to American
popular culture pre 1945 2. Americanisation and the post-war juke box 3.
American music, juke boxes and cultural resistance 4. British teenagers 5.
Spivs and Teds: changing meanings of 'rebellious' male dress styles 6.
Cutting your coat according to your cloth: Dress styles for young women
after World War II 7. Venues: From arcade to high street Conclusion
Bibliography Index