{"product_id":"anti-communism-and-popular-culture-in-mid-century-america-9780786414406","title":"Anti-Communism and Popular Culture in Mid-Century America","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Cyndy Hendershot\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - 20th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eRed Nightmare\u003c\/i\u003e in \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine to \u003ci\u003eAdventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614150115479,"sku":"9780786414406","price":2819.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786414406.webp?v=1775091431","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/anti-communism-and-popular-culture-in-mid-century-america-9780786414406","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}