Life Styles in the Golden Land

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"Life Styles in the Golden Land" is an essay by Joan Didion that portrays the culture, aspirations, and disillusionments of mid-20th-century California.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf essay
literary work
author Joan Didion NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre essay
literary journalism
nonfiction
language English
literaryMovement New Journalism NERFINISHED
mainTheme American Dream NERFINISHED
California culture NERFINISHED
aspiration
disillusionment
postwar prosperity
social change
suburban life
narrativePerspective first-person
partOf Joan Didion's California essays corpus NERFINISHED
periodDescribed mid-20th century
portrays consumer culture
emotional emptiness
mid-20th-century California
middle-class lifestyles
real-estate speculation
social aspirations
suburban developments
setIn California NERFINISHED
subjectOf literary criticism
tone critical
ironic
observational

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