Monsters, mushroom clouds, and the Cold War American science fiction and the roots of postmodernism, 1946-1964
The 1950s are widely regarded as the golden age of American science fiction. This book surveys a wide range of major science fiction novels and films from the long 1950s--the period from 1946 to 1964--when the tensions of the Cold War were at their peak. The American science fiction novels and films...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood Press
2001.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy ; no. 95. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31396045*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Politics in the American science fiction novel, 1946-1964 : science fiction as social criticism
- The beginning or the end? : post-holocaust novels and films, 1946-1964
- We're there and they're here! : space exploration and alien invasion films of the long 1950s
- The creature from the Cold War : science fiction monster movies of the long 1950s.
