Turncoats, traitors, and fellow travelers : culture and politics of the early Cold War / Arthur Redding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Redding, Arthur F., 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

Cold War in literature.

Politics in literature.

Politics and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Politics and literature.

Cold War in motion pictures.

Politics in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson, [Miss.] : University Press of Mississippi, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Cold War was unique in the way films, books, television shows, colleges and universities, and practices of everyday life were enlisted to create American political consensus. This coercion fostered a seemingly hegemonic, nationally unified perspective devoted to spreading a capitalist, socially conservative notion of freedom throughout the world to fight Communism. This book traces the historical contours of this manufactured consent by considering the ways in which authors, playwrights, and directors participated in, responded to, and resisted the construction of Cold War discourses.

Contents:

Cultural fronts

Closet, coup, and Cold War : F.O. Matthiessen's From the heart of Europe

What's black and white and red all over? the Cold War and the geopolitics of race

What it takes to be a man : masculinity, deviance, and sexuality

The dreaded voyage into the world : nomadic ethics

Frontier mythographies : savagery and civilization in John Ford.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-48576-8

9786612485763

1-60473-326-8

OCLC:

317402703