Celluloid Mushroom Clouds

Hollywood And Atomic Bomb

Joyce Evans (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

228 Seiten

2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-31487-3 (ISBN)

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This book is a historical account of how the movie industry responded to specific economic and political forces over the postwar years. It investigates the transformation of the imagery associated with atomic technology found in Hollywood films produced and distributed between 1947 and 1964.

Celluloid Mushroom Clouds is a historical account of how the movie industry responded to specific economic and political forces over the postwar years. Joyce Evans investigates the transformation of the imagery associated with atomic technology found in Hollywood film produced and distributed between 1947 and 1964. Incorporating qualitative and qua

Joyce A. Evans teaches courses on popular culture, Hollywood film, and communication theory at the University of California at San Diego.

Introduction: Hollywood and the Atomic Bomb, 1 Hollywood After the Bomb, 1946-1953, 2 MGM and the Cold War: Above and Beyond (1952), 3 Experimentation with Atomic Themes, 4 Hollywood Science Fiction, 1954-1959, 5 Radiation-Produced Monsters: Them! (1954), 6 Alien Invaders and Atomic Espionage, 7 Postnuclear Scenarios, 8 The Nuclear Future, 1960-1964, 9 Questioning Authority, 10 From Mutually Assured Destruction to Mutant Ninja Turtles

Erscheinungsdatum	02.09.2019
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-367-31487-8 / 0367314878
ISBN-13	978-0-367-31487-3 / 9780367314873
Zustand	Neuware