| Demographic Angst: Cultural Narratives and American Films of the 1950s Contributor(s): Nadel, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813565499 ISBN-13: 9780813565491 Publisher: Rutgers University Press OUR PRICE: $38.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - History | United States - 20th Century - Social Science | Demography |
| Dewey: 791.436 |
| LCCN: 2017015542 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 268 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Prolific literature, both popular and scholarly, depicts America in the period of the High Cold War as being obsessed with normality, implicitly figuring the postwar period as a return to the way of life that had been put on hold, first by the Great Depression and then by Pearl Harbor. Demographic Angst argues that mandated normativity--as a political agenda and a social ethic--precluded explicit expression of the anxiety produced by America's radically reconfigured postwar population. Alan Nadel explores influential non-fiction books, magazine articles, and public documents in conjunction with films such as Singin' in the Rain, On the Waterfront, Sunset Boulevard, and Sayonara, to examine how these films worked through fresh anxieties that emerged during the 1950s. |