Arts in the 1970s

<p>Were the 1970s really `the devils decade'? Images of strikes galloping inflation rising unemployment and bitter social divisions evoke a period of unparalleled economic decline political confrontation and social fragmentation. But how significant were the pessimism and self-doubt of the 1970s and what was the legacy of its cultural conflicts? <br>Covering the entire spectrum of the arts - drama television film poetry the novel popular music dance cinema and the visual arts - <em>The Arts in the 1970s</em> challenges received perceptions of the decade as one of cultural decline. The collection breaks new ground in providing the first detailed analysis of the cultural production of the decade as a whole providing an invaluable resource for all those involved in cultural media and communications studies.</p>