Hip figures : a literary history of the Democratic Party /
Szalay, Michael, 1967-
Hip figures : a literary history of the Democratic Party / Michael Szalay. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (vii, 324 pages). - Post 45 . - Post 45. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-309) and index.
Burden in blackface -- Selling JFK in the Manchurian candidate and Rabbit, run -- Ralph Ellison's unfinished second skin -- White-collar liberation and The confessions of Nat Turner -- Countercultural capital, from Alaska to Disneyland -- Conclusion : Joan Didion and the death of the hip figure.
Hip Figures dramatically alters our understanding of the postwar American novel by showing how it mobilized fantasies of black style on behalf of the Democratic Party. Fascinated by jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll, novelists such as Norman Mailer, Ralph Ellison, John Updike, and Joan Didion turned to hip culture to negotiate the voter realignments then reshaping national politics. Figuratively transporting white professionals and managers into the skins of African Americans, these novelists and many others insisted on their own importance to the ambitions of a party dependent on coalition-building but not fully committed to integration. Arbiters of hip for readers who weren't, they effectively branded and marketed the liberalism of their moment--and ours
English.
9780804782616 (electronic bk.) 080478261X (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
10.1515/9780804782616 doi
Democratic Party (U.S.)--History--20th century.
Democratic Party (U.S.)--History--20th century.
Democratic Party (U.S.)
1900-1999
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Politics and literature--History--United States--20th century.
African Americans in literature.
Popular culture in literature.
Liberalism in literature.
Race in literature.
Roman américain--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Politique et littérature--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Culture populaire dans la littérature.
Libéralisme dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
African Americans in literature.
American fiction.
Liberalism in literature.
Politics and literature.
Popular culture in literature.
Race in literature.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PS374.P6 / S93 2012eb
810.9/358
Hip figures : a literary history of the Democratic Party / Michael Szalay. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (vii, 324 pages). - Post 45 . - Post 45. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-309) and index.
Burden in blackface -- Selling JFK in the Manchurian candidate and Rabbit, run -- Ralph Ellison's unfinished second skin -- White-collar liberation and The confessions of Nat Turner -- Countercultural capital, from Alaska to Disneyland -- Conclusion : Joan Didion and the death of the hip figure.
Hip Figures dramatically alters our understanding of the postwar American novel by showing how it mobilized fantasies of black style on behalf of the Democratic Party. Fascinated by jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll, novelists such as Norman Mailer, Ralph Ellison, John Updike, and Joan Didion turned to hip culture to negotiate the voter realignments then reshaping national politics. Figuratively transporting white professionals and managers into the skins of African Americans, these novelists and many others insisted on their own importance to the ambitions of a party dependent on coalition-building but not fully committed to integration. Arbiters of hip for readers who weren't, they effectively branded and marketed the liberalism of their moment--and ours
English.
9780804782616 (electronic bk.) 080478261X (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
10.1515/9780804782616 doi
Democratic Party (U.S.)--History--20th century.
Democratic Party (U.S.)--History--20th century.
Democratic Party (U.S.)
1900-1999
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
Politics and literature--History--United States--20th century.
African Americans in literature.
Popular culture in literature.
Liberalism in literature.
Race in literature.
Roman américain--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Politique et littérature--Histoire--États-Unis--20e siècle.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Culture populaire dans la littérature.
Libéralisme dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
African Americans in literature.
American fiction.
Liberalism in literature.
Politics and literature.
Popular culture in literature.
Race in literature.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PS374.P6 / S93 2012eb
810.9/358