Tag Archives: The 1950′s American culture

the 1950′s : early stirrings of disaffection

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Dave

…and a list of some of the leading Hollywood movie stars of the fifties is enough to strike a chill into the heart of cineastes everywhere-Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Kim Novak, Tony Curtis, Rory Calhoun, Rock Hudson, Debra Paget, Robert … Continue reading →

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the 1950′s: many monuments to tedium

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Dave

Rosy myths and unrosy realities. Why must we feel nostalgic for the 1950′s even if we never lived them? … …let it be unequivocally stated that television of the 1950′s with a few exceptions was absolutely awful, as most of … Continue reading →

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the 1950′s: finding “togetherness” in suburbia

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Dave

…During his time in the White House the personal style of whoever chances to be President often seems almost mystically to beocme the style of much of the nation. And Eisenhower’s style- old fashioned, conservative, anti-intellectual, and hopelessly square- was … Continue reading →

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the fifties: nobody’s mad at nobody

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Dave

Like no other decade, the 1950′s incarnated the process of myth making in a very conspicuous manner into rosy myths in the shadows of unrosy reality that has resulted in some enduring Great Revivals that have tended to get out … Continue reading →

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fifties: features of figments

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Dave

Must we be nostalgic about the fifties? Pervasive influences are at work. We are not left to our own devices and nostalgic impulses do not flow as they will. They are not mirrored in their variety by the mass media, … Continue reading →

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conforming fifties:riffing on fear

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Dave

Must we be nostalgic about the fifties? … …Meanwhile, other millions of Americans, perhaps subconsciusly paralyzed by fear, reacted to the threat of nuclear attack by pretending that it simply didn’t exist. And, as a side effect of this attitude, … Continue reading →