 | Consuming Pleasures: Intellectuals and Popular Culture in the Postwar World Subjects: Popular culture -- Economic aspects -- United States -- 20th century; Popular culture -- Economic aspects -- Europe -- 20th century; Consumption (Economics) -- United States -- Psychological aspects -- 20th century; Consumption (Economics) -- Europe -- Ps; Between 1950 and 1972, American and European writers came to envision consumer culture in fresh, provocative ways. Across national boundaries, they shifted attention from condemnation to critical appreciation, critiqued cultural hierarchies and moralistic approaches, and explored the symbolic processes by which individuals and groups communicate. Daniel Horowitz is Mary Huggins Gamble Professor of American Studies at Smith College. |
