Between fear and freedom : cultural representations of the Cold War / edited by Kathleen Starck.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Starck, Kathleen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cold War.

Cold War in popular culture.

Cold War in literature.

Cold War in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The field of Cold War studies has recently undergone a cultural turn. Scholars from many disciplines outside - but increasingly also from Otherin - diplomatic history have come to understand that, just as the Cold War was marked by a political and military competition, it was also characterised by a cultural one. As a result, it is now widely accepted that everyday culture was itself infused Other political and ideological messages. The Cold War was ubiquitous. In an attempt to comprehend this ...

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; FILM; THE RISE AND FALL OF SOCIALIST REALISM IN POLISH CINEMA (1949-1956); EAST, WEST, AND IN-BETWEEN; INVASION NARRATIVES AND THE COLD WAR IN THE 1950S AMERICAN SCIENCE-FICTION FILM; I AM BETTER THAN YOU ARE; PROPAGANDA; LOVING THE BOMB; SOVIET ACTIVE MEASURES AGAINST PIUS XII; THE COLD WAR AND PROPAGANDA, IDEOLOGY AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST; POPULAR CULTURE; ELVIS PRESLEY AND MCCARTHYISM; "TWO TRIBES"; THE BUILDING BATTLE; THE NEW SUPER-POWERED CONFLICT; LITERATURE; POLARISING MASCULINITIES IN A COLD WAR DISCOURSE

THE COLD FACTS?RETROSPECTIVE ANCHORING OF THE SOVIET REPRESSIVE SYSTEM; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-282-58544-4

9786612585449

1-4438-2029-6

OCLC:

647074769