Screen Enemies of the American Way Political Paranoia about Nazis, Communists, Saboteurs, Terrorists and Body Snatching Aliens in Film and Television |
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| Author:
| Sherman, Fraser A. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7864-4648-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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Tracks real-world fears appearing in the movies - Nazi agents, Japanese-American spies, Communist Party subversives, Islamic sleeper cells - as well as the science-fiction threats that play to the same fears. It also examines fears inspired by World War I German spies, the Japanese-American internment and the McCarthyite witch-hunts and shows how these issues played out on screen.
Tracks real-world fears appearing in the movies - Nazi agents, Japanese-American spies, Communist Party subversives, Islamic sleeper cells - as well as the science-fiction threats that play to the same fears. It also examines fears inspired by World War I German spies, the Japanese-American internment and the McCarthyite witch-hunts and shows how these issues played out on screen.