Atomic Bomb Cinema - The Apocalyptic Imagination on Film (Paperback)

In Atomic Bomb Cinema, Jerome F. Shapiro unearths the unspoken legacy of the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and its complex aftermath on American and Japanese cinema.
According to Shapiro a 'Bomb film' is never simply an exercise in ideology or paranoia. He examines hundreds of films like Godzilla, Dr. Strangelove, and The Terminator as a body of work held together by ancient narrative and symbolic traditions that extol survival under devastating conditions. Drawing extensively on both English-language and Japanese-language sources, Shapiro argues that such films not only grapple with our nuclear anxieties, but also offer signs of hope that humanity is capable of repairing a damaged and divided world.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2001
First published:	2002
Authors:	Jerome F. Shapiro
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	404
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-93660-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Weapons & equipment > Nuclear weapons
LSN:	0-415-93660-8
Barcode:	9780415936606

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