Real Phonies: Cultures of Authenticity in Post-World War II America

Author/Contributor(s):	Cheever, Abigail
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Date:	02/01/2010
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Examines the twinned phenomena of phoniness and authenticity across the second half of the twentieth century--beginning with fictional adolescents in the 1950s like Holly Golightly and Holden Caulfield, and ending with mid-career professionals in the 1990s, like sports agent Jerry Maguire.