Field, Douglas
[Author]
;
Corber, Robert J.
[Contributor];
Foertsch, Jacqueline
[Contributor];
Gunther Kodat, Catherine
[Contributor];
Nadel, Alan
[Contributor];
Ryan, David
[Contributor];
Smith, Dina
[Contributor];
Stevens, Hugh
[Contributor]
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Media type:
E-Book
Title:
American Cold War Culture
Contains:
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgements
Notes on the Contributors
Introduction
Part One. Cultural Themes
Chapter One. Family
Chapter Two. Gender and Sexuality
Chapter Three. Politics
Chapter Four. Mobility
Chapter Five. Race
Part Two. Cultural Forms
Chapter Six. Film
Chapter Seven. Literature
Chapter Eight. Television
Chapter Nine. Poetry
Bibliography
Further Reading
Index
Description:
GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748619238);Although it is fifty years since the height of the Cold War, recent events have seen a resurgence of surveillance, paranoia and nuclear threats. Cultural critics and politicians are drawing parallels between the threat of Communism in the 1950s and 1960s and the present 'axis of evil'. This book taps into this interest, drawing on work from prominent academics as well as new theorists working in the field of Cold War Studies.American Cold War Culture guides the reader through recent and established theories as well as introducing a number of previously neglected themes, films and texts. Divided into two parts (Cultural Themes and Cultural Forms) it features chapters on the themes of Gender and Sexuality; Race; Politics; the Family; Mobility; and the cultural forms of Film; Literature; Poetry; Television. The authors take a case study approach, and each chapter is prefaced by a contextualising introduction to the general theme or form being covered, ensuring accessibility to the broadest possible readership.Key FeaturesA broad-ranging survey of Cold War Culture in AmericaIntroductions to the chapters place the case studies in their wider contextCovers both high and low culture; and shows links between politics and cultureFocuses on neglected areas of gender, race and sexuality"