- Series
- Portrait of the American
- Air Date
- 1966-02-15
- Duration
- 00:29:07
- Episode Description
- What success means today and how it is measured. Status-seeking, oneupmanship. Stages in the slow climb; signals to which the American responds; signals he ignores.
- Series Description
- Series that examines assessments of the American using the themes of innocence, affluence, success and the American self. Features analysis by Dr. Betty Ch'maj, interviews, dramatic readings. Series features interviews with John Dos Passos, James Farmer, Marshall Fishwick, Alan Harrington, Ihab Hassan, Irving Howe, Alfred Kazin, R.W.B. Lewis, and William H. Whyte, Jr.
- Subject(s)
- Creator(s)
- WDET (Radio station : Detroit, Mich.) (Producer)Wayne State University (Producer)Ch'maj, Betty E. M. (Host)Ch'maj, Betty E. M. (Producer)
- Contributors
- Howe, Irving (Interviewee)Sherman, Allan, 1924-1973 (Performer)Harrington, Alan, 1919- (Interviewee)Schuck, Victoria (Interviewee)Fishwick, Marshall W. (Marshall William), 1923-2006 (Interviewee)Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 (Interviewee)Farmer, James, 1920-1999 (Interviewee)
- Genre(s)
- Geographic Region(s)
- regions
- Time Period
- 1961-1970
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