Ku Klux Kulture America and the Klan in The 1920s |
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| Author:
| Harcourt, Felix |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-37615-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2017 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $74.95 |
Book Description:
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Felix Harcourt examines the cultural life of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, revealing how deeply the racist and hate-filled organization was embedded in American life. The Klan owned radio stations, newspapers, sports teams, and more, and its members were more engaged than the average American with popular songs, movies, plays, and literature. Harcourt shows how the Klan’s ideology became subsumed in sunnier popular portrayals, and in the process he challenges prevailing...
More DescriptionFelix Harcourt examines the cultural life of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, revealing how deeply the racist and hate-filled organization was embedded in American life. The Klan owned radio stations, newspapers, sports teams, and more, and its members were more engaged than the average American with popular songs, movies, plays, and literature. Harcourt shows how the Klan’s ideology became subsumed in sunnier popular portrayals, and in the process he challenges prevailing depictions of the 1920s, which may be best understood not as the Jazz Age or the Age of Prohibition but as the Age of the Klan.