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American Science Fiction And The Cold War: Literature And Film

Author: Seed, David
Paperback
222 pages
Published: May 1999
Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1853312274

Working through a series of important texts, David Seed investigates the political inflections put on American narratives in the post-war decades by Cold War cultural circumstances. Nuclearholocaust, Russian invasion, and the perceived rise of totalitarianism in American society are key elements in the authors exploration of science fiction narratives which include Fahrenheit 451, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Dr. Strangelove.American science fiction, both literature and film, has played a key role in the portrayal of the fears inherent in the Cold War. Working through key texts, this work investigates the political inflexions put on American narratives in the post-war decades by Cold War cultural circumstances.

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