{"product_id":"modernist-america-richard-pells-9780300181739","title":"Modernist America: Art, Music, Movies, and the Globalization of American Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revelatory new take on the long-held belief that America has dominated world culture\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e America's global cultural impact is largely seen as one-sided, with critics claiming that it has undermined other countries' languages and traditions. But contrary to popular belief, the cultural relationship between the United States and the world has been reciprocal, says Richard Pells. The United States not only plays a large role in shaping international entertainment and tastes, it is also a consumer of foreign intellectual and artistic influences.\u003cp\u003ePells reveals how the American artists, novelists, composers, jazz musicians, and filmmakers who were part of the Modernist movement were greatly influenced by outside ideas and techniques. People across the globe found familiarities in American entertainment, resulting in a universal culture that has dominated the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and fulfilled the aim of the Modernist movement--to make the modern world seem more intelligible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eModernist America\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly explains why George Gershwin's music, Cole Porter's lyrics, Jackson Pollock's paintings, Bob Fosse's choreography, Marlon Brando's acting, and Orson Welles's storytelling were so influential, and why these and other artists and entertainers simultaneously represent both an American and a modern global culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Pells\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300181736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300181739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 5.90w x 1.10d","brand":"Richard Pells","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46825735520511,"sku":"9780300181739","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bfcd00ef-8adf-4f2d-a1fa-123c13b9a720.jpg?v=1746073476","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/modernist-america-richard-pells-9780300181739","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}