Author : Cynthia Hendershot
Publisher : Popular Press
ISBN 13 : 9780879727994
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Paranoia, the Bomb, and 1950s Science Fiction Films by : Cynthia Hendershot
Download or read book Paranoia, the Bomb, and 1950s Science Fiction Films written by Cynthia Hendershot and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The various monsters that people 1950s sf - giant insects, prehistoric creatures, mutants, uncanny doubles, to name a few - serve as metaphorical embodiments of a varied and complex cultural paranoia."--BOOK JACKET. "Hendershot provides both theoretical discussion of paranoia and close readings of sf films in order to construct her argument, elucidating the various metaphors used by these films to convey a paranoiac view of a society forever altered by the atomic bomb."--BOOK JACKET.