EVERYTHING WAS BETTER IN AMERICA: PRINT CULTURE IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Book ID/图书代码： 13567514B68189
English Summary/英文概要： As a counterpart to research on the 1930s that has focused on liberal and radical writers calling for social revolution, David Welky offers this eloquent study of how mainstream print culture shaped and disseminated a message affirming conservative middle-class values and assuring its readers that holding to these values would get them through hard times. Through analysis of the era’s most popular newspaper stories, magazines, and books, Welky examines how voices both outside and within the media debated the purposes of literature and the meaning of cultural literacy in a mass democracy.He presents lively discussions of such topics as the newspaper treatment of the Lindbergh kidnapping, issues of race in coverage of the 1936 Olympic games, domestic dynamics and gender politics in cartoons and magazines, Superman’s evolution from a radical outsider to a spokesman for the people, and the popular consumption of such novels as the "Ellery Queen mysteries", "Gone with the Wind", and "The Good Earth". Through these close readings, Welky uncovers the subtle relationship between the messages that mainstream media strategically crafted and those that their target audience wished to hear.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 大卫•维克利一直专注于对口研究20世纪30年代呼吁社会革命的自由派和激进派作家，他提供了这个有说服力的研究，主流印刷文化如何塑造和传播消息以肯定保守的中产阶级价值观，并保证它的读者对这些价值观的相信会帮助他们渡过难关。经过那个时代最流行的报纸报道，杂志和书籍的分析，维克利探讨了外部和媒体中的声音如何讨论了对于大众而言，文学的目的和文化素养的含义。他提出了一些话题的热烈讨论，例如报纸对林德伯格绑架案的处理，1936年奥运会的覆盖面，漫画和杂志的国内动态和性别政治，从激进的局外人到发言人的超人的演变，一些小说的流行消费，如《埃勒里神秘女王》，《飘》和《大地》。通过这些密切的阅读，维克利揭示了主流媒体战略策划和那些他们的目标受众想听到的消息之间的微妙关系。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：“《美国的一切都会更好》提醒我们，大多数人应对大萧条的方法不是走下窗台，抢劫银行或加入共产党。美国人最常见的应对危机打方式是文化保守，重新配置和重申旧的国家信念和梦想。大卫•维克利用有关文化和历史的重要见解给我们描述了时代的迷人画像。这是精细的历史并且很好看。”——艾略特•J•高恩，布朗大学的美国文明和历史学教授
"Everything Was Better in America reminds us that most people reacted to the Great Depression not by stepping off a ledge, robbing a bank, or joining the Communist Party. Most often Americans responded to the crisis in culturally conservative ways, reconfiguring and reasserting old national beliefs and dreams. David Welky gives us a fascinating portrait of the era with important insights about culture and history. This is fine history and a good read." Elliott J. Gorn, professor of history and chair of the Department of American Civilization, Brown University
About the Author/作者介绍： 大卫•维克利是中央阿肯色大学的历史系助理教授。他是《查尔斯•林德伯格：名人的权利和危险，1927-1941》和《钢人阅读》的编者之一。David Welky is an assistant professor of history at the University of Central Arkansas. He is the coeditor of "Charles A. Lindbergh: The Power and Peril of Celebrity, 1927-1941" and "The Steelers Reader."
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