American Sophistication How the Casual Became Cool | 8.26 MB
Title: American Sophistication How the Casual Became Cool
Author: Ross Posnock
Category: Ethnic Studies, United States, American
Language: English | 256 str. Pages | ISBN: 9780691289922
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The fascinating story of sophistication in the United States, from the founding to the present
Is there such a thing as "American sophistication"-or is it a contradiction in terms? Those questions have been up for grabs since America's founding. The idea of sophistication has always left Americans uneasy. Devoted to a self-image of sincerity and plain-dealing, Americans are suspicious of sophistication's playfulness and ease, which look like symptoms of European elitism, snobbery, and decadence. In this entertaining and enlightening account of American sophistication from the eighteenth century to today, Ross Posnock tells the story of how Americans' anxiety about style and elegance led them to develop their own casual and cool style of sophistication.
From the start, American sophistication has been distinctive because it is mixed, improvised, and shape-shifting: guilty and smooth, game and nervous, vulgar and poised. Each chapter of this sparkling,...
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The fascinating story of sophistication in the United States, from the founding to the present
Is there such a thing as "American sophistication"-or is it a contradiction in terms? Those questions have been up for grabs since America's founding. The idea of sophistication has always left Americans uneasy. Devoted to a self-image of sincerity and plain-dealing, Americans are suspicious of sophistication's playfulness and ease, which look like symptoms of European elitism, snobbery, and decadence. In this entertaining and enlightening account of American sophistication from the eighteenth century to today, Ross Posnock tells the story of how Americans' anxiety about style and elegance led them to develop their own casual and cool style of sophistication.
From the start, American sophistication has been distinctive because it is mixed, improvised, and shape-shifting: guilty and smooth, game and nervous, vulgar and poised. Each chapter of this sparkling,...
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