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Throughout these wide-ranging essays her vigilant critique of entrenched patriarchal control turns anger to resistance
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Modern Times: Transantlantic Encounters in the 1920s Esther Allen a scrumptious picture of fightingIn the 1920s, transatlantic encounters between the USA and Europe redefined what it truly meant to be modern. These encounters encompassed numerous sociopolitical and cultural phenomena such as Americanism, Hollywood, jazz, Fordism, Taylorism, and the machine age, all intricately interwoven in a complex network of mutual influences. *Modern Times* shows that the European isms Futurism, Purism, Dada, Poetism, and Constructivism were also closely