The White Album
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The White Album is a seminal 1979 collection of Joan Didion’s personal essays that dissects the cultural and political turbulence of 1960s and 1970s America.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The White Album canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book of essays
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essay collection ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Joan Didion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsEssay |
Good Citizens
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Holy Water NERFINISHED ⓘ In Hollywood ⓘ In the Islands ⓘ James Pike, American ⓘ Many Mansions NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Morning After the Sixties NERFINISHED ⓘ The White Album NERFINISHED ⓘ The White Album (title essay) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Women’s Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| followedBy | Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
journalism
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literary nonfiction ⓘ personal essays ⓘ |
| hasCoverDesign | minimalist white cover in many editions ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780671226855 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
California counterculture
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cultural turbulence in the United States ⓘ fragmentation of American life ⓘ personal and social disintegration ⓘ political unrest in the United States ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
its fragmented narrative structure
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its incisive cultural criticism ⓘ its influence on contemporary essay writing ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorCareerPhase | Didion’s major nonfiction period of the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| precededBy | Slouching Towards Bethlehem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| publisher | Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
1960s America
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1970s America ⓘ |
| subject |
American politics
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California NERFINISHED ⓘ Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ the Black Panthers NERFINISHED ⓘ the Manson murders ⓘ the counterculture ⓘ the women’s movement ⓘ |
| titleEssay | The White Album NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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