American pulp : how paperbacks brought modernism to Main Street
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Published
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2014].
ISBN
0691150605, 9780691150604
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Published
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2014].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xv, 390 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
ISBN
0691150605, 9780691150604
UPC
9780691150604
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"American Pulp tells the story of the midcentury golden age of pulp paperbacks and how they brought modernism to Main Street, democratized literature and ideas, spurred social mobility, and helped readers fashion new identities. Drawing on extensive original research, Paula Rabinowitz unearths the far-reaching political, social, and aesthetic impact of the pulps between the late 1930s and early 1960s"--Dust jacket.
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"Focusing on important episodes in pulp history, Rabinowitz looks at the wide-ranging effects of free paperbacks distributed to World War II servicemen and women; how pulps prompted important censorship and First Amendment cases; how some gay women read pulp lesbian novels as how-to-dress manuals; the unlikely appearance in pulp science fiction of early representations of the Holocaust; how writers and artists appropriated pulp as a literary and visual style; and much more. Examining their often-lurid packaging as well as their content, American Pulp is richly illustrated with reproductions of dozens of pulp paperback covers, many in color"--Publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Rabinowitz, P. (2014). American pulp: how paperbacks brought modernism to Main Street . Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rabinowitz, Paula. 2014. American Pulp: How Paperbacks Brought Modernism to Main Street. Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rabinowitz, Paula. American Pulp: How Paperbacks Brought Modernism to Main Street Princeton University Press, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rabinowitz, Paula. American Pulp: How Paperbacks Brought Modernism to Main Street Princeton University Press, 2014.
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