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Norman Rockwell vs. Richard Serra: Cultural Populism and Its Vicissitudes at the End of the Twentieth Century

Pages 16-33 | Published online: 18 May 2015

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  • The Hewlett-Packard advertisement for the HP Deskjet 1200c appeared in The New Yorker in 1993, while the Banana Republic one dates from 1986 and appeared in a variety of national circulation magazines. Cited in ibid., 359, fn3.
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  • The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as follows: ‘Populist: A. adj. Intended to appeal to or represent the interests of ordinary people; spec. of or relating to a political party formed in the United States in 1892 to represent the interests of the entire population (now hist.).’
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