| Film and the Nuclear Age: Representing Cultural Anxiety Contributor(s): Perrine, Toni A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815329326 ISBN-13: 9780815329329 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1997 Annotation: Just as we generally pay scant attention to the potential dangers of nuclear power and nuclear war, until quite recently, scholars have made limited critical attempts to understand the cultural manifestations of the nuclear status quo. Films that feature nuclear issues most often simplify and trivialize the subject. They also convey a sense of the ambivalence and anxiety that pervades cultural responses to our nuclear capability. The production of popular narrative films with nuclear topics largely conforms to periods of heightened nuclear awareness or fear, such as the fear of fallout from nuclear testing manifested in the atomic creatures in science fiction movies of the late 1950s. By their very numbers, and through a set of recurring stylistic and narrative conventions, nuclear films reflect a deep-seated cultural anxiety. This study includes detailed textual analysis of films that depict nuclear issues including the development and use of the first atomic bombs, nuclear testing and the fear of fallout, nuclear power, the Cold War arms race, "loose nukes," and future nuclear war and its aftermath.(Includes bibliographic references, index, filmography, choronology; Illustrated) |
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| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Social Science | Popular Culture - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 791.436 |
| LCCN: 97031934 |
| Series: Garland Studies in American Popular History and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 5.78" W x 8.83" (1.10 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Publisher Description: First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |