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Demographic angst : cultural narratives and American films of the 1950s
- Title
- Demographic angst : cultural narratives and American films of the 1950s / Alan Nadel.
- Author
- Nadel, Alan, 1947-
- Publication
- New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 250 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Alternative Title
- Cultural narratives and American films of the 1950s
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-242) and index and filmography.
- Contents
- The character of post-World War II America -- Singin' in the (HUAC) rain : job security, stardom, and the abjection of Lena Lamont -- It's all about Eve -- "What starts like a scary tale ... ": the right to work On the waterfront -- "Life could not better be" : disorganized labor, the little man and the court jester -- Citizens of the free world unite: international tourism and postwar identity in Roman holiday, Teahouse of the August moon, and Sayonara -- Expedient exaggeration and the scale of Cold War farce in North by Northwest -- Defiant desegregation with no (liberal) way out -- "'I want to be in America' : urban integration, Pan American friendship, and West Side story."
- Call Number
- MFL 18-1508
- ISBN
- 9780813565491
- 0813565499
- 9780813565507
- 0813565502
- LCCN
- 2017015542
- OCLC
- 982444485
- Author
- Nadel, Alan, 1947- author.
- Title
- Demographic angst : cultural narratives and American films of the 1950s / Alan Nadel.
- Publisher
- New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-242) and index and filmography.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Other Form:
- Online version: Nadel, Alan, 1947- Demographic angst. New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2017 9780813565514 (DLC) 2017038999
- Research Call Number
- MFL 18-1508