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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
materials‹including unpublished writings and FBI files‹Jenemann paints a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

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