Feast of excess, a cultural history of the new sensibility, George Cotkin
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Feast of excess, a cultural history of the new sensibility, George Cotkin
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Feast of excess
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Oclc number
928642788
Responsibility statement
George Cotkin
Series statement
Oxford scholarship online.
Sub title
a cultural history of the new sensibility
Summary
'Feast of Excess', in brief vignette chapters of cultural creators, traces the history of excess in American culture, from 1952 to 1974. Such excess, in both direction of the minimal and the maximal, was focused on central concerns about madness, violence, sexuality, confession, performance, and breaking down barriers--, Provided by Publisher
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