The Origins of Cool in Postwar America

Autor

Joel Dinerstein

Editura

The University Of Chicago Press

An publicare

2017

Nr. Pagini

352

ISBN

9780226152653

Categorii

In Limbi Străine

Descriere

Dinerstein sketches nuanced definitions of cool that unite concepts from African-American and Euro-American culture: the stylish stoicism of the ethical rebel loner; the relaxed intensity of the improvising jazz musician; the effortless, physical grace of the Method actor. To be cool is not to be hip and to be hot is definitely not to be cool.