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American Cold War Culture / Douglas Field.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780748619238
  • 9781474468206
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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"
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781474468206

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

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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"

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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