American science fiction and the Cold War : literature and film /
American science fiction, both literature and film, has played a key role in the portrayal of the fears inherent in the Cold War. Working through key texts, this work investigates the political inflexions put on American narratives in the post-war decades by Cold War cultural circumstances.
| Основен автор: | Seed, David. |
|---|---|
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
1999.
|
| Предмети: | |
| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=9570 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
American science fiction and the Cold War. |
Съдържание:
- Postwar Jeremiads: Philip Wylie and Leo Szilard
- Variations on a Patriotic Theme: Robert A. Heinlein
- History and Apocalypse in Poul Anderson
- Views from the Hearth
- Cultures of Surveillance
- Take-Over Bids; Frederik Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth
- The Russians Have Come
- Embodying the Arms Race: Bernard Wolfe's Limbo
- The Cold War Computerised
- Conspiracy Narratives
- Absurdist Visions: Dr. Strangelove in Context
- The Signs of War: Walter M. Miller and Russell Hoban
- In the Aftermath
- The Star Wars Debate.