Dear ListServ Administrator: Please post this to Screen-L. Also, please let me know if you'd like to review the book for your listserv. Thanks! Best wishes, Stacy Lienemann Direct Response and Scholarly Promotions Manager University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 612-627-1934 http://www.upress.umn.edu The first in-depth account of Adornošs years in American exile. ADORNO IN AMERICA David Jenemann University of Minnesota Press | 288 pages | 2007 ISBN 978-0-8166-4808-5 | hardcover | $66.00 ISBN 978-0-8166-4809-2 | paperback | $22.95 In the first in-depth account of this period of Adorno's years in American exile, David Jenemann examines Adorno's confrontation with the burgeoning American ŗculture industry˛ and casts new light on Adorno's writings about the mass media. What emerges is not only an image of an intellectual in exile, but a rediscovery of Adorno as a potent defender of a vital democracy. From the time he first arrived in New York in 1938 to work for the Princeton Radio Research Project, exploring the impact of radio on American society and the maturing marketing strategies of the national radio networks, Adorno was dedicated to understanding the technological and social influence of popular art in the United States. Adorno carried these interests with him to Hollywood, where he and Max Horkheimer attempted to make a film for their Studies in Prejudice Project and where he befriended Thomas Mann and helped him craft his famous novel Doctor Faustus. Shuttling between insightful readings of Adornošs theories and a rich body of archival materialsincluding unpublished writings and FBI filesJenemann paints a portrait of Adornošs years in New York and Los Angeles and tells the cultural history of an America coming to grips with its rapidly evolving mass culture. ŗFor those inclined to dismiss Adornošs take on America as the uncomprehending condescension of a mandarin elitist, David Jenemannšs splendid new book will come as a rude awakening. Exploiting a wealth of new sources, he persuasively shows the depth of Adornošs engagement with the culture industry and the complexity of his reaction to it.˛ Martin Jay For more information, including the table of contents, visit the bookšs webpage: http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/J/jenemann_adorno.html Sign up to receive news on the latest releases from University of Minnesota Press: http://www.upress.umn.edu/eform.html ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu