Demographic angst : cultural narratives and American films of the 1950s / Alan Nadel.

Author/creator Nadel, Alan, 1947- author.
Format Book
PublicationNew Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
Copyright Date©2018
Descriptionxiii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Cold War in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Social aspects. --United States. --History. --20th century.

Contents The character of post-World War II America -- Singin' in the (HUAC) rain: job security, stardom, and the abjection of Lena Lamont -- It's all about Eve -- "What starts like a scary tale ... ": the right to work On the waterfront -- "Life could not better be": disorganized labor, the little man and the court jester -- Citizens of the free world unite: international tourism and postwar identity in Roman holiday, Teahouse of the August moon, and Sayonara -- Expedient exaggeration and the scale of Cold War farce in North by Northwest -- Defiant desegregation with no (liberal) way out -- "'I want to be in America': urban integration, Pan American friendship, and West Side story."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index and filmography.
Issued in other formOnline version: Nadel, Alan, 1947- Demographic angst. New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2017 9780813565514
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2017015542
ISBN9780813565491 paperback ; alkaline paper
ISBN0813565499 paperback ; alkaline paper
ISBN9780813565507 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN0813565502 hardcover ; alkaline paper

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PN1993.5 .U6 N34 2018 ✔ Available Place Hold