Monsters in the Machine : Science Fiction Film and the Militarization of America after World War II /

"During the 1950s and early 1960s, the American film industry produced a distinct cycle of films situated on the boundary between horror and science fiction. Using the familiar imagery of science fiction--from alien invasions to biological mutation and space travel--the vast majority of these f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hantke, Steffen, 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Science fiction films.
Motion pictures.
Armed Forces in motion pictures.
PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism.
Cinema > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Films de science-fiction > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century.
Science fiction films > United States > History and criticism.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Monsters in the Machine; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments ; Introduction A Bright New Future, With Monsters ; Chapter One Military Stock Footage ; Chapter Two Veterans ; Chapter Three The Southwest ; Chapter Four Decolonization ; Conclusion The Long Shadow of the Fifties ; Notes ; Works Cited.

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