Niall Heffernan

In the Shadow of the Bomb

The Legacy of the Cold War in Dr. Strangelove, End Zone, Crash and The Wire

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Produktbeschreibung

Detective McNulty applies bite marks to a deceased man's body with a set of dentures in The Wire, illustrating how officialdom deals in falsehood. Dr. Strangelove lovingly describes the ""doomsday machine"" as being free from ""human meddling,"" while it destroys the world, highlighting the absurdity of placing systems above any moral considerations. In Crash, Ballard survives a car accident only to be cared for by a paternal technology that tends only to his physical needs--a life of technical certitude bereft of beauty. The Cold War, with its promise of imminent and purposeless doom, profoundly shaped the post-modern world in ways that are not yet appreciated. This study examines the Cold War zeitgeist and its aftermath as shown in fiction, film and television.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 349g
• ISBN-13: 9781476664668
• ISBN-10: 1476664668
• Artikelnr.: 48326452

Autorenporträt

Niall Heffernan is a writer, researcher and teacher at University College Cork in Ireland. He teaches on American literature, film and culture, contemporary literature and dystopian fiction.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface Introduction: The Cold War, a Forge for Capitalist Technocracy I.
Dr. Strangelove: The Secular Apocalypse and Its Technical Imperative II.
End Zone and Crash: Hollow Creeds and Monstrous Rituals III.
The Wire and Game Theory: "All in the Game" Conclusion: Imagination Is Irrationality Chapter Notes Bibliography Index