A portrait of 1940s America by a French writer, eg. "The constipated girl smiles a loving smile at the lemon juice that relieves her intestines. In the subway, in the streets, on magazine pages, these smiles pursue me like obsessions. I read on a sign in a drugstore, 'Not to grin is a sin.' Everyone obeys the order, the system. 'Cheer up! Take it easy.' Optimism is necessary for the country's social peace and economic prosperity."
UNIFORM TITLE
General Material Designation
Amérique au jour le jour.
Language (when part of a heading)
English
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Beauvoir, Simone de,1908-1986
Beauvoir, Simone de,1908-1986-- Travel-- United States.
Beauvoir, Simone de,1908-1986.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Manners and customs.
Social conditions
Travel.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States, Description and travel.
United States, Social conditions, 1945-
United States, Social life and customs, 1945-1970.