Alan Nadel

Demographic Angst

Cultural Narratives and American Films of the 1950s

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Argues that mandated normativity - as a political agenda and a social ethic - precluded explicit expression of the anxiety produced by America's radically reconfigured postwar population. Alan Nadel explores influential non-fiction books, magazine articles, and public documents in conjunction with films to examine how these films worked through fresh anxieties that emerged during the 1950s.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780813565491
• ISBN-10: 0813565499
• Artikelnr.: 50432662

Autorenporträt

Nadel, Alan

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The Character of Post–World War II America
2. Singin’ in the (HUAC) Rain: Job Security, Stardom, and the Abjection of
Lena Lamont
3. It’s All about Eve
4. “What Starts Like a Scary Tale . . .”: The Right to Work On the
Waterfront
5. “Life Could Not Better Be”: Disorganized Labor, the Little Man, and The
Court Jester
6. Citizens of the Free World Unite: International Tourism and Postwar
Identity in Roman Holiday, The Teahouse of the August Moon, and Sayonara
7. Expedient Exaggeration and the Scale of Cold War Farce in North by
Northwest
8. Defiant Desegregation with No (Liberal) Way Out
9. “I Want to Be in America”: Urban Integration, Pan-American Friendship,
and West Side Story
Acknowledgments
Filmography
Notes
Works Cited
Index