Broadway Boogie Woogie: Damon Runyon and the Making of New York City Culture
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While analyzing Damon Runyon's high spirited work in terms of historical contexts, popular culture, and of the changing function of the media, Schwarz argues that in his columns and stories Runyon was an indispensable figure in creating our public images of New York City culture, including our interest in the demi-monde and underworld that explains in part the success of The Godfather films and The Sopranos . In his lively and exuberant chapters that...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0312239483
ISBN13:9780312239480
Release Date:May 2003
Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan
Length:346 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 5.8" x 8.7"
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