Joyce Evans

Celluloid Mushroom Clouds

Hollywood And Atomic Bomb

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a historical account of how the movie industry responded to specific economic and political forces over the postwar years. It investigates the transformation of the imagery associated with atomic technology found in Hollywood films produced and distributed between 1947 and 1964.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780367314873
• ISBN-10: 0367314878
• Artikelnr.: 57733159

Autorenporträt

Joyce Evans

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Hollywood and the Atomic Bomb
1 Hollywood After the Bomb
1946-1953
2 MGM and the Cold War: Above and Beyond (1952)
3 Experimentation with Atomic Themes
4 Hollywood Science Fiction
1954-1959
5 Radiation-Produced Monsters: Them! (1954)
6 Alien Invaders and Atomic Espionage
7 Postnuclear Scenarios
8 The Nuclear Future
1960-1964
9 Questioning Authority
10 From Mutually Assured Destruction to Mutant Ninja Turtles