As Marling admits, however, not all Americans bought into the "New Look." ... This new leisure time, the availability of new automobiles, and the freedom provided by new freeway and interstate systems provided families with an opportunity for a different type of "weekend togetherness." ... The definition of art changed as the public accepted the "realism" of artists like Grandma Moses and rejected intellectuals and the New York avant-garde. ... Although her Picture Cook Book, first published in 1950, remained a best seller throughout the decade, the Betty Crocker character aged rapidly in the...

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