Invasions USA : the essential science fiction films of the 1950s /

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Of the twenty or so science fiction films produced in America during the 1950s, there is a fascinating subset of nine films that do more than portray an invasion. These films use the invasions as metaphors for assaults against the integrity of various things, such as the self, marriage, and notions...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bliss, Michael, 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield, 2014.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Science fiction films > United States > History and criticism.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century.
Films de science-fiction > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Cinéma > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Motion pictures
Science fiction films
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Sleepwalking: Invaders from mars
  • His little town: Invasion of the body snatchers
  • Ecce humanitas: The day the earth stood still
  • We don't like your kind here: It came from outer space
  • Welcome to my nightmare: I married a monster from outer space
  • Two aliens from inner space: Kronos and The thing from another world
  • Invading from space and slouching into it: When worlds collide, The war of the worlds, Conquest of space
  • Spiritual enhancement: the incredible shrinking man.

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