Popular culture in America - Buhle, Paul 1944- (Minneapolis, MN University of Minneasota Press, 1987)
Tv Critic's code David Mark -- Dialectical tensions in the American media past and present /Daniel Czitromn -- Horror in American literature /Paul Buhle -- Free play and no limit : an introduction to Edward Bellamy's Utopia /Franklin Rosemont -- The significance of Yiddish socialism /Paul Buhle -- Laughing their way : a background to women's humor /Ann D. Gordon -- The politics of boy's sports novels /James P. O'Brien -- Nursing illusions : nurses in popular literature /Barbara Melosh -- In pursuit of Polka happiness /Angela Keil and Charles Keil -- Looking for a style : male images in country music of the 1970's /George Lipsitz -- Women in country music /Mary Bufwack and Bob Oemann -- Janis Joplin was no rose /Ann D. Gordon -- Crazy music /R. Crumb -- Black music : surrealism /James Spady -- Surrealism in the comics I : Krazy Kat (Geotge Herriman) Franklin Rosemont -- Surrealism in the comics II : Dick Tracy (Chester Gould) /Franklin Rosemont -- As an artist sees it : interviews with comic artists /R. Crumb and Bill Griffith -- Radio voices : a child's bed of sirens /Philip Lamantia -- Backyard bombs : horror movies on TV /Nancy Joyce Peters -- Bilko : a sitcom for all seasons /Daniel Czitrom -- Prime time /Jesus Michael E. Starr -- Spelling's salvation Armies /Bob Schneider -- Hegemony and me /Jim Murray -- The sitcom decade : the 1970's /David Marc -- Making the production of it /Sam Hunting -- Science fiction : Philip K. Dick /Sam Hunting -- Science fiction : Ursula K. Le Guin /Paul Buhle -- Getting a handle on the Cranks /Dave Wagner -- Ishmael Reed /Paul Buhle -- Three black women writers /C.L.R. James -- A writer's comment /Marge Piercy -- Humor's magic history /Paul Buhle -- Me and my feminist humor : all alone and feeling blue /Catherine Clinton.
Includes index.
Keywords: American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century