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- | | style="text-align: left;" |"[[Popular culture|Pop culture]] - the [[folk culture]] of the modern market, the culture of the instant, at once subsuming past and future and refusing to acknowledge the reality of either - began about [[1948]], in the United States and Great Britain." --''[[Lipstick Traces|Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century]]'', p. 257. | + | | style="text-align: left;" | |
+ | "[[Popular culture|Pop culture]] - the [[folk culture]] of the modern market, the culture of the instant, at once subsuming past and future and refusing to acknowledge the reality of either - began about [[1948]], in the United States and Great Britain." --''[[Lipstick Traces|Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century]]'', p. 257. | ||
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+ | "In 1948, two widely read books were published that would inspire a "[[Malthusian catastrophe|neo-Malthusian]]" debate on population and the environment: Fairfield Osborn’s ''[[Our Plundered Planet]]'' and [[William Vogt]]’s ''[[Road to Survival]]''." --Sholem Stein | ||
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+ | The greatest thing you'll ever learn<br> | ||
+ | Is just to [[love]] and be loved in return<br> | ||
+ | --"[[Nature Boy]]" (1948) by eden ahbez | ||
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== Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
+ | *[[COBRA (avant-garde movement)]] coined | ||
*The [[United Nations General Assembly]] adopts the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. | *The [[United Nations General Assembly]] adopts the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. | ||
* [[Jack Kerouac]] introduces the term [[Beat Generation]] | * [[Jack Kerouac]] introduces the term [[Beat Generation]] | ||
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*''[[The City and the Pillar]]'' by Gore Vidal | *''[[The City and the Pillar]]'' by Gore Vidal | ||
*''[[The Great Tradition]]'' by F. R. Leavis | *''[[The Great Tradition]]'' by F. R. Leavis | ||
+ | *"[[The Lottery]]" by Shirley Jackson | ||
+ | *''[[No Longer Human]]'' by Osamu Dazai | ||
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===Visual culture=== | ===Visual culture=== | ||
*''[[Noguchi Coffee Table]]'' | *''[[Noguchi Coffee Table]]'' | ||
*''[[Christina's World]]'' | *''[[Christina's World]]'' | ||
+ | *''[[La vie amoureuse des spumiferes]]'' by Hugnet | ||
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===Music=== | ===Music=== | ||
* [[Étude aux chemins de fer]] by Pierre Schaeffer is recorded | * [[Étude aux chemins de fer]] by Pierre Schaeffer is recorded | ||
* [[Black Coffee (1948 song)|Black Coffee]] by written by Sonny Burke, the lyrics by Paul Francis Webster | * [[Black Coffee (1948 song)|Black Coffee]] by written by Sonny Burke, the lyrics by Paul Francis Webster | ||
+ | * [[Nature Boy]] by Nat King Cole | ||
== Births == | == Births == | ||
+ | * [[January 23]] – [[Anita Pointer]] ([[The Pointer Sisters]]) (d. 2022) | ||
+ | * [[February 1]] – [[Rick James]], American composer, singer and musician (d. [[2004]]) | ||
+ | * [[December 6]] – [[Linda Creed]], American singer-songwriter (d. 1986) | ||
*[[Tee Scott]] | *[[Tee Scott]] | ||
*[[Catherine Breillat]] | *[[Catherine Breillat]] | ||
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* [[Donald Fagen]], American rock keyboardist | * [[Donald Fagen]], American rock keyboardist | ||
* [[John Carpenter]], American film director, producer, screenwriter and composer | * [[John Carpenter]], American film director, producer, screenwriter and composer | ||
- | * [[Rick James]], American Motown performer (d. [[2004]]) | ||
* [[Alice Cooper]], American hard rock singer and musician | * [[Alice Cooper]], American hard rock singer and musician | ||
* [[Barbara Hershey]], American actress | * [[Barbara Hershey]], American actress | ||
- | * [[Kitten Natividad]], Mexican-American film actress | + | * [[Kitten Natividad]], Mexican-American film actress (d. 2022) |
- | * [[Pim Fortuyn]], Dutch politician and author (d. [[2002]]) | + | * [[Pim Fortuyn]], Dutch politician and author (d. 2002) |
* [[Mike Figgis]], American director, screenwriter and composer | * [[Mike Figgis]], American director, screenwriter and composer | ||
* [[Bernadette Peters]], American actress and singer | * [[Bernadette Peters]], American actress and singer | ||
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* [[John Martyn]], born Iain McGeachy, British folk-rock guitarist (d. [[2009]]) | * [[John Martyn]], born Iain McGeachy, British folk-rock guitarist (d. [[2009]]) | ||
* [[Jeremy Irons]], English actor | * [[Jeremy Irons]], English actor | ||
- | * [[Olivia Newton-John]], English-born Australian singer and actress | + | * [[Olivia Newton-John]], English-born Australian singer and actress (d. 2022) |
* [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]], Pakistani musician (d. [[1997]]) | * [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]], Pakistani musician (d. [[1997]]) | ||
* [[T. Coraghessan Boyle]], American writer | * [[T. Coraghessan Boyle]], American writer | ||
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* [[Joe Dallesandro]], American model and actor | * [[Joe Dallesandro]], American model and actor | ||
* [[Donna Summer]], African-American singer and actress (d. [[2012]]) | * [[Donna Summer]], African-American singer and actress (d. [[2012]]) | ||
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==Deaths == | ==Deaths == | ||
* [[January 8]] – [[Kurt Schwitters]], German artist (b. [[1887]]) | * [[January 8]] – [[Kurt Schwitters]], German artist (b. [[1887]]) | ||
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* [[February 11]] – [[Sergei Eisenstein]], Soviet film director (b. [[1898]]) | * [[February 11]] – [[Sergei Eisenstein]], Soviet film director (b. [[1898]]) | ||
* [[March 4]] – [[Antonin Artaud]], French playwright, actor and director (b. [[1896]]) | * [[March 4]] – [[Antonin Artaud]], French playwright, actor and director (b. [[1896]]) | ||
+ | *[[June 16]] – [[Holbrook Jackson]], English journalist, writer, publisher and bibliophile (born [[1874]]) | ||
* [[July 21]] – [[Arshile Gorky]], Soviet-born painter (b. [[1904]]) | * [[July 21]] – [[Arshile Gorky]], Soviet-born painter (b. [[1904]]) | ||
* [[July 23]] – [[D. W. Griffith]], American film director (''The Birth Of A Nation'') (b. [[1875]]) | * [[July 23]] – [[D. W. Griffith]], American film director (''The Birth Of A Nation'') (b. [[1875]]) | ||
+ | *[[August 10]] - [[Montague Summers]], English writer (d. [[1880]]) | ||
* [[September 13]] – [[Paul Wegener]], German actor, film director, and screenwriter; one of the pioneers of [[German Expressionism]] (b. [[1874]]) | * [[September 13]] – [[Paul Wegener]], German actor, film director, and screenwriter; one of the pioneers of [[German Expressionism]] (b. [[1874]]) | ||
* [[October 24]] – [[Franz Lehár]], Hungarian composer (b. [[1870]]) | * [[October 24]] – [[Franz Lehár]], Hungarian composer (b. [[1870]]) |
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"Pop culture - the folk culture of the modern market, the culture of the instant, at once subsuming past and future and refusing to acknowledge the reality of either - began about 1948, in the United States and Great Britain." --Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century, p. 257. "In 1948, two widely read books were published that would inspire a "neo-Malthusian" debate on population and the environment: Fairfield Osborn’s Our Plundered Planet and William Vogt’s Road to Survival." --Sholem Stein The greatest thing you'll ever learn |
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1948 is the 948th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1940s decade.
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Art and culture
- COBRA (avant-garde movement) coined
- The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- Jack Kerouac introduces the term Beat Generation
- Alfred Kinsey publishes Sexual Behavior in the Human Male
Literature
- And We'll Kill All the Ugly Ones by Boris Vian
- The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal
- The Great Tradition by F. R. Leavis
- "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
- No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
Visual culture
Music
- Étude aux chemins de fer by Pierre Schaeffer is recorded
- Black Coffee by written by Sonny Burke, the lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
- Nature Boy by Nat King Cole
Births
- January 23 – Anita Pointer (The Pointer Sisters) (d. 2022)
- February 1 – Rick James, American composer, singer and musician (d. 2004)
- December 6 – Linda Creed, American singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
- Tee Scott
- Catherine Breillat
- Ian McEwan
- Martin Hannett
- William Gibson
- Francis Grasso
- Glenn Branca
- Catherine Millet
- Eric Fischl
- Donald Fagen, American rock keyboardist
- John Carpenter, American film director, producer, screenwriter and composer
- Alice Cooper, American hard rock singer and musician
- Barbara Hershey, American actress
- Kitten Natividad, Mexican-American film actress (d. 2022)
- Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician and author (d. 2002)
- Mike Figgis, American director, screenwriter and composer
- Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer
- James Ellroy, American writer
- Eddy Grant, Guyanese British singer and musician
- Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican singer and actor
- Jan Hammer, Czechoslovakian composer, pianist and keyboardist
- Terry Pratchett, English comic fantasy and science fiction author (d. 2015)
- Joe Esposito, American singer-songwriter
- Steve Winwood, English rock singer
- Brian Eno, English musician and record producer
- Stevie Nicks, American rock singer and songwriter
- Nick Drake, English musician (d. 1974)
- Nathalie Baye, French film, television and stage actress
- Cat Stevens, born Steven Georgiou, later known as Yusuf Islam, British singer, musician
- Robert Plant, English singer (Led Zeppelin)
- Jean Michel Jarre, French electronic musician
- Fred Hampton, American activist (d. 1969)
- John Martyn, born Iain McGeachy, British folk-rock guitarist (d. 2009)
- Jeremy Irons, English actor
- Olivia Newton-John, English-born Australian singer and actress (d. 2022)
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician (d. 1997)
- T. Coraghessan Boyle, American writer
- Lester Bangs, American music journalist (d. 1982)
- Samuel L. Jackson, African-American actor and film producer
- Gérard Depardieu, French actor
- Joe Dallesandro, American model and actor
- Donna Summer, African-American singer and actress (d. 2012)
Deaths
- January 8 – Kurt Schwitters, German artist (b. 1887)
- February 9 – Karl Valentin, German actor (b. 1882)
- February 11 – Sergei Eisenstein, Soviet film director (b. 1898)
- March 4 – Antonin Artaud, French playwright, actor and director (b. 1896)
- June 16 – Holbrook Jackson, English journalist, writer, publisher and bibliophile (born 1874)
- July 21 – Arshile Gorky, Soviet-born painter (b. 1904)
- July 23 – D. W. Griffith, American film director (The Birth Of A Nation) (b. 1875)
- August 10 - Montague Summers, English writer (d. 1880)
- September 13 – Paul Wegener, German actor, film director, and screenwriter; one of the pioneers of German Expressionism (b. 1874)
- October 24 – Franz Lehár, Hungarian composer (b. 1870)
- December 3 – Chano Pozo, Cuban percussionist (b. 1915)