Introduction: Depression culture
pt. 1. Discovering poverty. The tenement and the world : immigrant lives
The starvation army
The country and the city
Hard times for poets
Black girls and native sons
pt. II. Success and failure. Beyond the American dream
What price Hollywood?
The last film of the 1930s, or, Nothing fails like success
pt. III. The culture of elegance. Fantasy, elegance, mobility : the dream life of the 1930s
Class for the masses : elegance democratized
pt. IV. The search for community. The populist turn : Copland and the popular front
Who cares? : the world of Porgy and Bess
The People vs. Frank Capra : populism against itself
Shakespeare in overalls : an American troubadour
Gender trouble : exposing the intellectuals
Conclusion : the work of culture in Depression America.
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Dancing in the dark : a cultural history of the Great Depression by Morris Dickstein. ISBN 9780393072259. Published by W. W. Norton in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
