Ambiguous Borderlands : Shadow Imagery in Cold War American Culture /

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"This book examines shadow imagery in postwar literature, television, film, photography, and popular culture"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mortenson, Erik, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
War > Influence.
Social aspects.
Popular culture.
Politics and culture.
Metaphor in literature.
Cold War (1945-1989) in motion pictures.
Cold War (1945-1989) in literature.
Civilization.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Politique et culture > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre froide > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Guerre froide au cinema.
Guerre froide dans la litterature.
Metaphore dans la litterature.
Litterature americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Cold War > Influence.
Politics and culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Cold War > Social aspects > United States.
Cold War in motion pictures.
Cold War in literature.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
United States.
États-Unis > Civilisation > 1945-
United States > Civilization > 1945-
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Figures list; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Shadows and Their Place in Postwar America; 1. A FASCINATING ANXIETY: The Paradoxes of Life in the Shadow of the Bomb; 2. WHAT THE SHADOWS KNOW: The Return of the Crime-Fighting Hero the Shadow in Late-1950s Literature; 3. TAKING BACK THE SHADOWS: Allen Ginsberg's and Jack Kerouac's Struggles to Reclaim the American Unconscious; 4. THE GHOST OF HUMANISM: The Disappearing Figure in Postwar Photography; 5. THE BATTLE OF LIGHT AND DARK: Chiaroscuro in Late Film Noir.
  • 6. A JOURNEY INTO THE SHADOWS: The Twilight Zone's Visual Critique of the Cold WarCONCLUSION: Adumbration, Penumbra, Foreshadowing; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author; Back Cover.

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