Major Problems in American Popular Culture

Violent Astor Place Riot, 1843. 3. Charleston Courier, A Newspaper Reports on An Exhibition of the Fejee Mermaid, 1843. 4. P.T. Barnum, The Great Showman Explains the Appeal of the Fejee Mermaid, 1855. 5. Olive Logan, An Observer Describes Active Theater Audiences, 1878. 6. G.W.H. Griffin, A Playwright Rewrites Shakespeare for Nineteenth Century Audiences, 1880. Essays. Lawrence Levine, William Shakespeare and the American People: A Study in Cultural Transformation. Neil Harris, The Operational Aesthetic. Richard Butsch, Participative Public, Passive Privat. Web Resources. Barnum s Lost Museum. The P.T. Barnum Museum, Bridgeport, CT, 1893. The M tter Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 1858. The Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angeles, CA, 1990s.4. WORLDS FAIRS, CIRCUSES, AND WILD WEST SHOWS EXPRESS IDEAS ABOUT UNITED STATES IMPERIALISM, 1900-1910.Documents. 1. Literary Digest, A Popular Magazine Sees World s Fairs as Educational, 1904. 2. D.O. Hoffman, National Geographic Magazine Writer Says Exhibits Mix Science and Imperialism, 1901. 3. Barnum and Bailey Program, The Circus Recreates the Spanish-American War, 1904. 4. Isaac Marcosson and Jules Turnour, Circus Clowns Comment on Their International Travels, 1910. 5. Lithograph, Circuses Present American History as Exceptional, 1892. 6. Poem, Buffalo Bill s Farewell World Tour, Wild West Shows Take American Culture Outside the United States, 1909. Essays. Robert W. Rydell, et.al., Fairs of the Imperial Era. Janet M. Davis, Introduction and Instruct the Minds of All Classes. Richard Slotkin, Buffalo Bill s Wild West and the Mythologization of the American Empire. Web Resources. Taking the Wild West to Europe, 1909. A World of Circus Images from the Wisconsin Historical Society, 1880-1930. Digital Recreation of the World s Colombian Exposition, 1893.5. WORKERS DEMAND LEISURE TIME, 1866-1913.Documents. 1. Jesse Henry Jones, Songwriter Includes Workers Demand in Lyrics, Eight Hours For What We Will, c.1866. 2. Edward H. Rogers, An Activist Struggles For an Eight-Hour Day, 1872. 3. Edwin E. Slosson, A Reporter Explains the Business of Leisure, 1904. 4. Maxim Gorky, Russian Novelist Criticizes Commercialized Leisure, 1907. 5. Photograph, Ordinary People Challenge Propriety at the Beach, 1903-1909. 6. Industrial Technologies Provide Excitement at Coney Island, 1903. 7. Films Make Fun of Rubes, or the Inexperienced, at Coney Island, 1903. 8. The New York Sun, Newspaper Portrays a Typical Baseball Crowd, 1884. 9. Anne O Hagan, Observer Favorably Describes the Athletic American Girl, 1901. 10. H. Addington Bruce, A Reporter Analyzes Baseball and National Life, 1913. Essays. Roy Rosenzwieg, Struggles over Public Space. Steven Riess, Sport and the Urban Social Structure. John F. Kasson, Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century. Web Resources. America At Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894-1915. Labor Arts Digital Image Archive and Online Exhibit Clearing House. Sports: Breaking Records, Breaking Barriers.6. MOVIES, GENDER AND THE MAKING OF FANS, 1910-1935.Documents. 1. W.W. Winters, Early Writer Defines Movie Fanatics, 1910. 2. Robert Carlton Brown, Fiction Writer Reworks Magazine Story about the Dangers Awaiting Female Film Fan, 1913. 3. William Lewis Gordon, Advice to Fans on How to Script Movies, 1914. 4. George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly, Playwrights Explain Male Film Fans, 1925. 5. Chicago Daily Tribune, Major Newspaper Reports Positive Audience Reaction to Movie about Fans, 1924. 6. Herbert Blumer, Sociologist Reports Harmful Effects of Movies on Teenage Boys and Girls, 1933. 7. Filmmakers showcase changing public mores, 1901. 8. Films Examine Gender and Public Space, 1903. Essays. Daniel Czitrom, American Motion Pictures and the New Popular Culture, 1893-1918. Katherine Fuller, The Rise of the Movie Fan. Nan Enstad. Dressed for Adventure: Working Women and Serials in the 1910s. Web Resources. Women Workers, Women Audiences, 1800-1930. Women and Silent Era Films, 1893-1927. American Film Institute Catalog, 1893-1972.7. ADVERTISING AND THE CULTURE OF CONSUMPTION, 1880-1930.Documents.1.The Atlantic Monthly, Early Magazine Advertisements Crowd the Page, 1880. 2. Kodak Ad, Advertising Changes Visually, 1900. 3. Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett, Playwrights Make Fun of Advertising and Consumers, 1917. 4. Bruce Barton, A Pioneer Ad Man Defends the Need for Advertising, 1925. 5. Christine Frederick, A Home Economist Explains How to Advertise to Women, 1929. 6. James Rorty, A Radical Critic Attacks Radio Advertising, 1934. 7. Ballyhoo, A Humor Magazines Satirizes the Role of Advertising in Hard Economic Times, 1931. Essays. Roland Marchand, Apostles of Modernity and the Great Parables. Michael Schudson, Historical Roots of Consumer Culture. Web Resources. Historic Advertising Collection at Duke University. adAccess Advertising Image Database, 1911-1955. Kodak Camera Advertising at Duke University, c. 1890-1930. Pond s Advertising at Duke University, c.1890-1980. Advertising in Harper s Weekly, 1857-1872.8. CARS AS POPULAR CULTURE: DEMOCRACY, RACIAL DIFFERENCE, AND NEW TECHNOLOGY, 1922-1933.Documents. 1. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., Wealthy Writer and Movie Producer Says Automobiles Democratize Leisure, 1921. 2. Photograph of Philip Wildshoe and Family, Native Americans Take Control of The Car and Their Image, 1916. 3. George H. Dacy, Magazine Writer Describes the Symbolic Power of the Automobile for Native Americans, 1922. 4. Robert S. Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd, Sociologists Study How the Automobile Changed Leisure in Famous Study of Middletown, 1929. 5. Lillian Rhoades, An African American Sociologist Rebuts Middletown s Findings, 1933. 6. Alfred Edgar Smith, Urban League Magazine Explains the Difficulties for African American Drivers, 1933. Essays.Kathleen Franz, The Open Road: Automobility and Racial Uplift in the Interwar Years. The Racial Politics of the Automobile. Philip DeLoria, Technology: I Want to Ride in Geronimo s Cadillac. Marguerite S. Schaffer, A Nation On Wheels. Web Resources.America on the Move, c.1876-2000. Photographs of Automobile Travel at the National Automobile Collection, Detroit, MI, c. 1899-1930. Automotive and Roadside Culture Collections at The Henry Ford. 9. RADIO ENTERS THE HOME, 1920-1942.Documents. 1. John Wallace, Radio Magazine Columnist Explains Early Radio Listeners, 1927. 2. Ballyhoo, Humor Magazine Makes Fun of Commercials, 1931. 3. Federal Radio Commission, Government Agency Reports on Commercial Broadcasting and Its Regulation, 1932. 4. Franklin Roosevelt, President Uses Radio To Calm Americans As the Great Depression Begins, 1933. 5. Credo Fitch Harris, A Broadcaster Remembers Early Radio Broadcasting, 1937. 6. Paul Lazarsfeld, Radio Researcher Presents Information about Women Listeners to Broadcasters and Advertisers, 1942. Essays. Susan Smulyan, Changes in Radio Programming and the Backlash Against Broadcast Advertising. Jason Loviglio, Fireside Chats and the New Deal. Gerd Horten, Twenty Million Women Can t Be Wrong : Wartime Soap Operas. Web Resources. Old Time Radio Shows on the Internet Archive, 1930s. Roosevelt s Fireside Chats, 1933-1945. America On the Air in the 1930s. Radio News and Serials, 1920s-1970s.10. DEFINING POPULAR MUSIC: THE CONCEPT OF AUTHENTICITY AND THE ROLE OF CULTURE BROKERS, 1935-1950.Documents. 1. The New York Herald Tribune, Newspaper Reports on the Popularity of Leadbelly, Blues Singer, 1935. 2. Time, A National Magazine Takes A Negative View of Leadbelly, 1935. 3. John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax, Important Folk Song Collectors Define Lead Belly as Authentic, 1936. 4. Richard Wright, An African American Novelist Describes the Politics of Leadbelly s Image, 1937. 5. Ma Rainey, A Woman Musician Sings the Blues Differently, c 1928. 6. Americo Paredes, Pioneer Folklorist Describes Mexican Ballads on the Texas Border, 1942. 7. Beto Villa s Orchestra with Nacicso Matinez, Texas Conjunto Musicians Rework the Blues, 1950. Essays. Benjamin Filene, Creating the Cult of Authenticity. Jos David Saldivar, Americo Paredes and Decolonization. George Lipsitz, Ain t Nobody Here But Us Chickens: The Class Origins of Rock and Roll. Web Resources. Virginia Roots Music: Creating and Conserving Tradition, 1920-1940 Allen Lomax Papers at The American Folklife Center, The Library of Congress, 1920-1940. Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip. Border Cultures: Conjunto Music, 1920s-1940s. Americo Paredes, 1915-1999.11. TELEVISION BECOMES PART OF THE FAMILY, 1955-1965.Documents. 1. General Electric TV Ad, Advertisement Pictures Television in the Family Circle, 1955. 2. Leo Bogart, Critic Describes Television as a Social Medium, 1956. 3. Mr. Adams and Eve, An Early Program Represents Television on Television, 1957. 4. The New Republic, Leftist Magazine Objects to Television, 1959. 5. Newton Minnow, A Federal Regulator Criticizes Television as A Vast Wasteland, 1961. 6. Robert de Roos, TV Guide Writer Views Bill Cosby as an Upwardly Mobile Individual, 1965. 7. Ebony Magazine, An African American Magazine Views Bill Cosby as a Civil Rights Activist, 1965. Essays. Lynn Spigel, Television In the Family Circle. Herman Gray, The Politics of Representation in Network Television. Web Resources. Television News of the Civil Rights Era, 1950-1970. Television Broadcasting and the Federal Government. The Museum of Broadcast Television. UCLA Film and Television Archive. User-Provided Television Shows on the Web.12. YOUTH AND POPULAR CULTURE DURING THE COLD WAR, 1952-1960.Documents. 1. Tales from the Crypt, Horror Comics Challenge Middle Class Norms, 1952. 2. Frederic Wertham, Crusader Against Comics Makes His Case to Parents, 1953. 3. Saturday Evening Post, Major Magazine Explains why Chinese-American Youth Are Not Juvenile Delinquents, 1955. 4. Bosley Crowther, New York Times Film Reviewer Worries About Young People in The Blackboard Jungle, 1955. 5. Bosley Crowther, New York Times Film Reviewer Considers Juvenile Delinquency in Rebel Without a Cause, 1955. 6. Time, National Magazine Describes Objections to Elvis Presley s Rock n Roll, 1956. 7. Carole King and Gerry Goffen, Songwriters Reproduce Girls Talking, 1960. Essays. James Gilbert, Juvenile Delinquency Films. Susan Douglas, Will You Love Me Tomorrow? Changing Discourses about Female Sexuality in the Mass Media, 1960-1980. David Hajdu, What Are We Afraid Of? Web Resources. Do Comic Books Lead to Crime? Investigating the Juvenile Delinquency Debate in Federal Records. Grand Comic Book Database. Words and Pictures Virtual Museum. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. The Experience Music Project. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Free Music Available On Line through Last fm.13. POPULAR CULTURE AND GLOBALIZATION: BEYOND IMPERIALISM.Documents. Dave Brubeck, A Jazz Musician Describes His Role in American Diplomacy, 1958. Fellow Artist s Tribute to Walt Disney On His Death, 1966. Cartoonist Satirizes Disney as Leading Force of US Imperialism, 200? Media Scholars Assess the Results of the Global Disney Audiences Project, 2001. David Y.H. Wu, Anthropologist Believes Taiwanese McDonald s Is a Local Institution, 1997. Executive Producer Discusses Why Japanese Animation Captured American Market, 2000. Turkish Marketing Executive Discusses How Local Entrepreneurs Co-Opted Cola, 2003. Essays. John Storey, Globalization vs. Glocalization. Yi- Fu Tuan with Steven D. Hoelscher, Disneyland: Its Place in World Culture. G lriz B ken, Backlash: An Argument Against The Spread of American Popular Culture in Turkey. Penny M. Von Eschen, Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz, Race, and Empire during the Cold War. Web Resources. Real Ambassadors Behind-the-Scenes Oral History. Disney Defines America s Image for Visitors and Immigrants, 2007. What The Disney Corporation Owns, 2008. A Snapshot of the Wide World of Disney Theme Parks. Cola Turka Commercials. Golden Arches are Global: 50th Anniversary of McDonald s on NPR. Pokemon Dream Fan Site.14. NEW MEDIA, NEW NETWORKS, NEW CONTENT, NEW METHODOLOGIES: POPULAR CULTURE S PAST ILLUMINATES ITS FUTURE. Essays and Documents. 1. Tricia Rose, A Scholar Outlines the Influence of New Technologies On Hip Hop, 1994. 2. Neal Stephenson, Science Fiction Writer Envisions A Negative Future for Popular Culture, 1994. 3. Stephen Kline, Nick Dyer-Witherod, and Greig de Peuter, Scholars Posit a Positive Future for Popular Culture, 2005 and Marketing (Montreal: McGill-Queen s University Press, 2005). 4. David Leonard, Sociologist Explains the Return of Censorship with Respect to Video Games, 2006. 5. Karen Valby, Entertainment Weekly Writer Describes Changes in Popular Culture and their Effect on Small Town America, 2006. 6. Bronwyn Williams, Professor Explains How College Students Use Social Networking to Construct Identity, 2008.