Monsters in the machine : science fiction film and the militarization of America after World War II...
Monsters in the machine : science fiction film and the militarization of America after World War II...
Monsters in the machine : science fiction film and the militarization of America after World War II / Steffen Hantke.
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Publisher
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2016]
Call Numbers
G 2016/3218
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Language
English
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Physical content
234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
A bright new future, with monsters -- Military stock footage -- Veterans -- The Southwest -- Decolonization -- The long shadow of the fifties.
Publication information
Publisher
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2016]
Place of Publication
Mississippi
Date Published
[2016]
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Summary
"During the 1950s and early 1960s, the American film industry produced a distinct cycle of films situated on the boundary between horror and science fiction. Using the familiar imagery of science fiction--from alien invasions to biological mutation and space travel--the vast majority of these films subscribed to the affects and aesthetic of the hor...
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Monsters in the machine : science fiction film and the militarization of America after World War II / Steffen Hantke.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-227) and index.
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©2016
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Call Numbers
G 2016/3218
Record Identifier
74VKVq3m77ab
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVq3m77ab
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ISBN
1496805658 (hardback)
9781496805652 (hardback)
DDC
791.43615
MMS ID
991024007489602626
