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The Cold War in science fiction : Soviet and American science fiction films in the 1950s /

Hauptbeschreibung This study will compare the USSR and the United States according to their cinematic use of science fiction in the late 1950s and 1960s in order to coincide with the period of de-Stalinisation and thaw in the USSR, and late McCarthyism in the United States. The genre provides an opp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Voinova, Natalia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hamburg : Anchor Academic Pub., 2013.
Colección:Compact.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Hauptbeschreibung This study will compare the USSR and the United States according to their cinematic use of science fiction in the late 1950s and 1960s in order to coincide with the period of de-Stalinisation and thaw in the USSR, and late McCarthyism in the United States. The genre provides an opportunity to express the two powers' scientific stand-off through fiction, and serves as a vehicle for the dissemination of ideas and propaganda. Post-1956 marks the time when the period of de-Stalinisation officially began and science fiction saw a carefully crafted rebirth for it se.
Notas:"Disseminate knowledge"--Cover.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (36 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and filmography.
ISBN:9783954895588
3954895587