Anti-communism and popular culture in mid-century America / Cyndy Hendershot.

Author/creator Hendershot, Cynthia
Format Book
Publication InfoJefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©2003.
Descriptionix, 173 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Anti-communist movements--United States. --History. --20th century.
Popular culture--United States. --History. --20th century.
Mass media--Political aspects. --United States. --History. --20th century.
Cold War--Social aspects. --United States.
United States--Civilization. --1945-.
United States--Politics and government. --1953-1961.
United States--Politics and government. --1961-1963.

Contents The seduction of communism -- Paranoiac discourse and anti-communism -- Internal and external communism in popular film -- The individual Russian and the communist system -- Anti-communism and ambivalence in science-fiction -- Criminals and communists in fifties popular culture -- Anti-communism and movie serial -- Cold war parody -- Nuclear apocalypse and anti-communism -- Cold war confessions and the FBI plant -- Anti-communism and the business world -- The bean and the dragon : representatives of communism in early sixties American culture.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 163-170) and index.
LCCN 2002153824
ISBN0786414405 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E743.5 .H425 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold