- Series
- Portrait of the American
- Air Date
- 1966-03-07
- Duration
- 00:29:28
- Episode Description
- Summary of series showing what has happened to the portrait of the American.
- 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)Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998 (Interviewee)Lewis, R. W. B. (Richard Warrington Baldwin) (Interviewee)Whyte, William Hollingsworth (Interviewee)Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 (Interviewee)Farmer, James, 1920-1999 (Interviewee)Angell, Robert Cooley, 1899-1984 (Interviewee)
- Genre(s)
- Geographic Region(s)
- regions
- Time Period
- 1961-1970
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