{"product_id":"mary-poppins-radical-elevation-in-the-1960s-hardcover","title":"Mary Poppins: Radical Elevation in the 1960s - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeslie H. Abramson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume examines \u003ci\u003eMary Poppins\u003c\/i\u003e as a 1960s film reflecting and invested in its radically changing times, a largely but not unmitigatedly antiestablishment musical resonant with conditions and issues powerfully affecting baby boomers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmong the explosion of baby boomer films that rocked the 1960s, the most stirring early work was likely \u003ci\u003eMary Poppins\u003c\/i\u003e. This 1964 film captivated young audiences, earning top-grossing ticket sales, multiple Oscars, and landmark status as a cultural phenomenon. The book illuminates \u003cem\u003eMary\u003c\/em\u003e \u003ci\u003ePoppins\u003c\/i\u003e as a musical teeming with preoccupations of American youth in the early-to-mid-1960s, including antiestablishment desires, anxieties, and pleasures. Reading against the dominant grain, this book deciphers\u003cem\u003e Mary\u003c\/em\u003e \u003ci\u003ePoppins \u003c\/i\u003eas a mid-century reflection that spans the generation gap, dysfunctional nuclear family, youth unrest, activism including feminist advocacy, counterculturalism, capitalist imperialism, race relations, socially conscious music, and hallucinogenic consciousness expansion. Conjunctively, the book explores tensions inherent in this studio production as a mainstream Disney release evoking imperatives of 1960s American youth while sanitizing figures and values representing radical change. Further, examining the film's collective authorship, this volume traces \u003cem\u003eMary\u003c\/em\u003e \u003ci\u003ePoppins\u003c\/i\u003e' origins in the writings and life of nonconformist author P.L. Travers as well as in Disney cinema and the studio's adaptation processes. Analysis extends to diverse facets of \u003ci\u003eMary Poppins\u003c\/i\u003e' reception, including the shifting image of its star, Julie Andrews, the film's influence on popular culture and controversy among some as an adaptation, its appropriation by drug culture, association with the teenpic, and status as cinema of social consciousness. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is ideal for students, researchers, and scholars of cinema studies and youth culture.　\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeslie H. Abramson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Visiting Scholar at the American Bar Foundation. Abramson, a film scholar, is the author of \u003ci\u003eHitchcock and the Anxiety of Authorship\u003c\/i\u003e as well as book chapters and journal essays on cinema in the 1960s, law and film, and Hitchcock. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 132\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52710995591475,"sku":"9781138586406","price":113.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/in2aerxirA9781138586406.webp?v=1763506626","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/mary-poppins-radical-elevation-in-the-1960s-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}