Miles Orvell: 2 books
The Death and Life of Main Street
Small Towns in American Memory, Space, and Community
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
For more than a century, the term "Main Street" has conjured up nostalgic images of American small-town life. Representations exist all around us, from fiction and film to the architecture of shopping malls and Disneyland. All the while, the nation has become increasingly diverse, exposing tensions...
The Real Thing
Imitation and Authenticity in American Culture, 1880-1940
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2014
In this classic study of the relationship between technology and culture, Miles Orvell demonstrates that the roots of contemporary popular culture reach back to the Victorian era, when mechanical replications of familiar objects reigned supreme and realism dominated artistic representation. Reacting...