Tag Archives: 1950′s American culture

fifties: remembering for us

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Dave

People remember the fifties not as the living recall them,but as they have been recreated. It is what makes the myth of the fifties so remarkable and so modern. Such is the pervasive influence of mass communication and an industry … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged 1950's American culture, Carson Robison, Eisenhower era, Elvis Presley in the Army, G.David Schine, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, McCarthy hearing HUAC, Robert T. Stevens Army, Roy Cohn, senator joseph mccarthy | 2 Comments

frightened fifties: jittery on the letter H

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Dave

Waxing eloquent on the 1950′s. Why must we be nostalgic about the fifties? Does it make sense that Americans tend to think of that decade as a reassuring, serene and happy time, as, in short, a sort of Golden Age? … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged 1950's American culture, 1950's Cold War, Albert Einstein, Bomb shelters 1950's, edward teller, Harry Truman H-Bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Thomas Hine, United States Atomic Energy Commission | Leave a comment

conforming fifties:riffing on fear

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Dave

Must we be nostalgic about the fifties? … …Meanwhile, other millions of Americans, perhaps subconsciusly paralyzed by fear, reacted to the threat of nuclear attack by pretending that it simply didn’t exist. And, as a side effect of this attitude, … Continue reading →