RT Generic
T1 The American Dream in the 1950s and 1960s: The lmportance of the Suburban Lifestyle
A1 Álvarez Cillero, Daniel
K1 Soño Americano
K1 Clase media branca americana
K1 Anos 50 e 60
K1 Tópicos americanos
AB This work will deal with the topic of the American suburban mentality and its values after the Second World War, more concretely in the fifties and sixties. The suburban lifestyle, which changed the conception of the American Dream into a life goal based on outward appearance and material success, will be studied in an attempt to show its darkest side. The prototypical white middle class family of the suburbia of that time, leading a superficial life of purely materialistic comfort and conformity, will be analyzed with the purpose of showing the failure of this suburban version of the American Dream to guarantee fulfillment and happiness to the human being. This idea will be supported by studies on the topic, as well as by some sociological data of the time that show the impact that the suburban lifestyle had on the middle-class society. Finally, references from literature and cinema will be provided in order to show how this conception of the American Dream has been depicted in American fiction and how the suburban mentality originates an atmosphere that is used tocover the misfortunes of life
YR 2018
FD 2018-11-07
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23626
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23626
LA eng
NO Traballo Fin de Grao en Lingua e Literatura Inglesas. Curso 2018-2019
DS Minerva
RD 22 abr 2026