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240 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781501322532
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 30 November 2017
Science Fiction Cinema and 1950s Britain: Recontextualizing Cultural Anxiety by Matthew Jones is a must-read for anyone fascinated by the intersection of film, culture, and history, particularly those interested in the lesser-known stories of how science fiction cinema reflected and shaped the anxieties of 1950s Britain, offering a fresh perspective on a pivotal moment in the genre's evolution.
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For the last sixty years discussion of 1950s science fiction cinema has been dominated by claims that the genre reflected US paranoia about Soviet brainwashing and the nuclear bomb. However, classic films, such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1...
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240 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781501322532
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 30 November 2017
Science Fiction Cinema and 1950s Britain: Recontextualizing Cultural Anxiety by Matthew Jones is a must-read for anyone fascinated by the intersection of film, culture, and history, particularly those interested in the lesser-known stories of how science fiction cinema reflected and shaped the anxieties of 1950s Britain, offering a fresh perspective on a pivotal moment in the genre's evolution.
Description
For the last sixty years discussion of 1950s science fiction cinema has been dominated by claims that the genre reflected US paranoia about Soviet brainwashing and the nuclear bomb. However, classic films, such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1...
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