Anti-communism and Popular Culture in Mid-century America (Paperback)

Not long after the Allied victories in Europe and Japan, America's attention turned from world war to cold war. The perceived threat of communism had a definite and significant impact on all levels of American popular culture, from Harry Chapin's propaganda maps in Time magazine to The Bullwinkle Show. This work examines representations of anti-communist sentiment in American popular culture from the early fifties through the mid-sixties. The discussion covers television programs, films, novels, journalism, maps, memoirs, and other works that presented anti-communist ideology to millions of Americans and influenced their thinking about these controversial issues. It also points out the different strands of anti-communist rhetoric, such as liberal and countersubversive ones, that dominated popular culture in different media, and tells a much more complicated story about producers' and consumers' ideas about communism through close study of the cultural artifacts of the Cold War.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2002
First published:	December 2003
Authors:	Cyndy Hendershot
Dimensions:	198 x 126 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	183
ISBN-13:	978-0-7864-1440-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > General
LSN:	0-7864-1440-5
Barcode:	9780786414406

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