TY - GEN T1 - Patterns for America : Modernism and the Concept of Culture. A1 - Hegeman, Susan LA - English PP - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press YR - 2001 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn705527090 AB - In recent decades, historians and social theorists have given much thought to the concept of "culture," its origins in Western thought, and its usefulness for social analysis. In this book, Susan Hegeman focuses on the term's history in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. She shows how, during this period, the term "culture" changed from being a technical term associated primarily with anthropology into a term of popular usage. She shows the connections between this movement of "culture" into the mainstream and the emergence of a distinctive "American culture," with i. OP - 275 CN - PS228.M63H44 1999 SN - 9781400823222 SN - 1400823226 SN - 9780691001340 KW - American literature : 20th century : History and criticism. KW - Modernism (Literature) : United States. KW - Literature and anthropology : United States : History : 20th century. KW - National characteristics, American, in literature. KW - Modernism (Aesthetics) : United States. KW - Arts, Modern : 20th century. KW - Arts, American. KW - United States : Civilization : 20th century. KW - Arts, Modern. KW - Littérature américaine : 20e siècle : Histoire et critique. KW - Modernisme (Littérature) : États-Unis. KW - Littérature et anthropologie : États-Unis : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Modernisme (Esthétique) : États-Unis. KW - Arts : 20e siècle. KW - Arts américains. KW - États-Unis : Civilisation : 20e siècle. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : American : General. KW - American literature KW - Arts, American KW - Arts, Modern KW - Civilization KW - Literature and anthropology KW - Modernism (Aesthetics) KW - Modernism (Literature) KW - National characteristics, American, in literature KW - United States KW - 1900-1999 KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - History ER -