Happy Days and Wonder Years: The Fifties and the Sixties in Contemporary Cultural Politics

by Daniel Marcus

Book Overview

In the twenty-first century, why do we keep talking about the Fifties and the Sixties? The stark contrast between these decades, their concurrence with the childhood and youth of the baby boomers, and the emergence of television and rock and roll help to explain their symbolic power. In Happy Days and Wonder Years, Daniel Marcus reveals how interpretations of these decades have figured in the cultural politics of the United States since 1970...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813533910
• ISBN13: 9780813533919
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"