{"product_id":"anxiety-muted-american-film-music-in-a-suburban-age-9780199936151","title":"Anxiety Muted: American Film Music in a Suburban Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Stanley C. Pelkey | Anthony Bushard\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Criticism - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most familiar entertainment icons and storylines from the 1950s and 60s remain potent signs that continue to resonate within contemporary American society and culture. Both the political Left and Right invoke the events and memories of those decades, celebrating or condemning the competing social forces embodied in and unleashed during those years. In recent decades, the entertainment industry has capitalized on this trend with films and television shows that take a look back on the 1950s and 1960s with a mixture of nostalgia and criticism. \u003cem\u003eAnxiety Muted: American Film Music in a Suburban Age\u003c\/em\u003e explores how the central concerns of the Fifties and Sixties--and resulting treatment in the motion picture media--can be examined and understood through the music of the time period. With its focus on soundtrack and scoring, the book demonstrates that specific television shows and films offer a more nuanced vision of community and conformity than is usually recognized, revealing much\u003cbr\u003eabout our own current social anxieties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47890602000535,"sku":"9780199936151","price":14649.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780199936151.webp?v=1781180649","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/anxiety-muted-american-film-music-in-a-suburban-age-9780199936151","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}