What happens when the u.s But for frank goodyear and joel dinerstein, it’s the question who is cool? that takes center stage. Is no longer the global capital of cool?
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“american cool” explores these questions through photography, history, and popular culture
In this exhibition, cool is rendered visible, as shot by some of the finest art photographers of the past century.
Joel dinerstein joel dinerstein is a cultural historian and professor of english at tulane university in new orleans He is the author of jazz A quick immersion (2020), the origins of cool in postwar america (chicago 2017), american cool (prestel 2014), swinging the machine (2003), and coach A story of ny cool (rizzoli 2016).
What does it mean to say someone is cool Sounds like a simple question, doesn’t it Everyone knows it when they see it, but defining what exactly makes someone cool is trickier than it seems. The question what is cool? remains a topic of debate, a generational point of contention
