Paranoia, the Bomb, and 1950s Science Fiction Films

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  • Paranoia, the Bomb, and 1950s Science Fiction Films Book Detail

  • Author : Cynthia Hendershot
  • Release Date : 1999
  • Publisher : Popular Press
  • Genre : Performing Arts
  • Pages : 184
  • ISBN 13 : 9780879727994
  • File Size : 25,25 MB
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Paranoia, the Bomb, and 1950s Science Fiction Films by Cynthia Hendershot PDF Summary

Book Description: The various monsters that people 1950s sf - giant insects, prehistoric creatures, mutants, uncanny doubles, to name a few - serve as metaphorical embodiments of a varied and complex cultural paranoia."--BOOK JACKET. "Hendershot provides both theoretical discussion of paranoia and close readings of sf films in order to construct her argument, elucidating the various metaphors used by these films to convey a paranoiac view of a society forever altered by the atomic bomb."--BOOK JACKET.

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