Anti-Communism and Popular Culture in Mid-Century America
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Book Description
Not long after the Allied victories in Europe and Japan, America’s attention turned from world war to cold war. The perceived threat of communism had a definite and significant impact on all levels of American popular culture, from government propaganda films like Red Nightmare in Time magazine to Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.
This work examines representations of anti-communist sentiment in American popular culture from the early fifties through the mid-sixties. The discussion covers television programs, films, novels, journalism, maps, memoirs, and other works that presented anti-communist ideology to millions of Americans and influenced their thinking about these controversial issues. It also points out the different strands of anti-communist rhetoric, such as liberal and countersubversive ones, that dominated popular culture in different media, and tells a much more complicated story about producers’ and consumers’ ideas about communism through close study of the cultural artifacts of the Cold War.
About the Author
Cyndy Hendershot is an associate professor of English at Arkansas State University and the author of three books of literary criticism.
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Anti-Communism and Popular Culture in Mid-Century America
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