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Brainwashing : the fictions of mind control : a study of novels and films since World War II /
"David Seed traces the assimilation of the notion of brainwashing into science fiction, political commentary, and conspiracy narratives of the Cold War era. He demonstrates how these works grew out of a context of political and social events and how they express the anxieties of the time."...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Kent, Ohio :
Kent State University Press,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "David Seed traces the assimilation of the notion of brainwashing into science fiction, political commentary, and conspiracy narratives of the Cold War era. He demonstrates how these works grew out of a context of political and social events and how they express the anxieties of the time." "This study reviews 1950s science fiction, Korean War fiction, and the film The Manchurian Candidate. Seed provides new interpretations of writers such as Orwell and Burroughs within the history of psychological manipulation for political purposes, using declassified and other documents to contextualize the material. He explores the shifting viewpoints of how brainwashing is represented, changing from an external threat to American values to an internal threat against individual American liberties by the U.S. government."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 325 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-316) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781612774077 1612774075 9781612774060 1612774067 |