{"product_id":"paranoia-the-bomb-and-1950s-science-fiction-films-9780879727994","title":"Paranoia, the Bomb, and 1950s Science Fiction Films","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Cynthia Hendershot\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bowling Green State University Popular Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bowling Green State University Popular Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Popular Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCyndy Hendershot argues that 1950s science fiction films open a window on the cultural paranoia that characterized 1950s America, a phenomenon largely triggered by use of nuclear weapons during World War II. This study uses psychoanalytic theory to examine the various monsters that inhabit 1950s sci-fi movies--giant insects, prehistoric creatures, mutants, uncanny doubles, to name a few--which serve as metaphorical embodiments of a varied and complex cultural paranoia. Postwar paranoia may have stemmed from the bomb, but it came to correlate with a wider range of issues such as anti-communism, internal totalitarianism, scientific progress, domestic problems, gender roles, and sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bowling Green State University Popular Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45410033762455,"sku":"9780879727994","price":1817.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780879727994.webp?v=1767312328","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/paranoia-the-bomb-and-1950s-science-fiction-films-9780879727994","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}