After Aquarius Dawned
How the Revolutions of the Sixties Became the Popular Culture of the Seventies
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- Paperback
264 pages
- Release Date
29 April 2017
Summary
In this book, Judy Kutulas complicates the common view that the 1970s were a time of counterrevolution against the radical activities and attitudes of the previous decade. Instead, Kutulas argues that the experiences and attitudes that were radical in the 1960s were becoming part of mainstream culture in the 1970s, as sexual freedom, gender equality, and more complex notions of identity, work, and family were normalized through popular culture–television, movies, music, political causes, and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781469632919 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1469632918 |
| Author: | Judy Kutulas |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Imprint: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 29 April 2017 |
| Weight: | 411g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 155mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
Well-researched [and] … accessible to more casual readers. [Kutulas’] explorations of 1970s TV are especially strong.– Library Journal
”[A] comprehensive and illuminating reassessment of the 1970s.“–Journal of American Culture
“Each case study in After Aquarius Dawned foregrounds the continuum of production and reception: the author pays attention to the decisions made in the studio and the newsroom, demonstrating the kinds of deep reading that culture deserves… . It is rigorous in its analysis and faithful in its depiction. It will be of interest to scholars of the postwar United States, consumer culture, television and media, and social movements, among other topics.”–Journal of American History
“In this deeply ambitious and fascinating history, Judy Kutulas reveals how the ‘Aquarian’ promise of the 1960s was extended, revised, and integrated into 1970s popular culture and reflected in the lives of ‘everyday’ Americans. This book should stand as a major work (even the major work) on the cultural history of the 1970s.” – Jeremy Varon, The New School
“Kutulas’s lively essays are rooted in anecdote and are free of jargon, making this book an ideal text for both undergraduate students and general readers.”–Journal of Southern History
“This book, composed of six beautifully crafted essays, offers fascinating reflections on how the popular culture of the 1970s–songwriting, television, film, fashion, and journalism–helped normalize radical values at the heart of the political and social movements of the 1960s, values that included individual agency, sexual freedom, racial equality, and gender diversity.”–Journal of Southern History
“Well-researched [and] … accessible to more casual readers. [Kutulas’] explorations of 1970s TV are especially strong.” – Library Journal
About The Author
Judy Kutulas
Judy Kutulas is professor of history and American studies at Saint Olaf College.
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