- Series
- Portrait of the American
- Air Date
- 1965-11-24
- Duration
- 00:29:18
- Episode Description
- This program seeks an answer to the question: Who are we as Americans?
- 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
- Farmer, James, 1920-1999 (Interviewee)Whyte, William Hollingsworth (Interviewee)Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998 (Interviewee)Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 (Interviewee)Schuck, Victoria (Interviewee)Hassan, Ihab Habib, 1925- (Interviewee)Fishwick, Marshall W. (Marshall William), 1923-2006 (Interviewee)
- Genre(s)
- Geographic Region(s)
- regions
- Time Period
- 1961-1970
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