The Real Thing: Imitation and Authenticity in American Culture, 1880-1940 (Cultural Studies of the United States)
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Published by The University of North Carolina Press, 1989
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- Title
- The Real Thing: Imitation and Authenticity in American Culture, 1880-1940 (Cultural Studies of the United States)
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- Orvell, Miles
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication year
- 1989
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- New
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- Soft cover
- Language
- English
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- 0807818372
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- 9780807818374
This is a perceptive study of the relationship between technology and culture. Orvell discusses Whitman and his world, then considers material culture, photography, and literature. Among the cultural figures discussed are writers Henry James, John Dos Passos, and James Agee; photographers Alfred Stieglitz and Margaret Bourke-White; and architect-designers Gustav Stickley and Frank Lloyd Wright. A witty essay on the significance of junk in the 1930s concludes the book.
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Miles Orvell is professor of English and American studies at Temple University. He is the author of The Death and Life of Main Street: Small Towns in American Memory, Space, and Community.
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