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Atomic bomb cinema : the apocalyptic imagination on film / Jerome F. Shapiro

By: Shapiro, Jerome Franklin, 1958-.
Publisher: New York ; London : Routledge, 2002Description: x, 386 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0415936608.Subject(s): Motion pictures -- Japan -- History | Motion pictures -- United States -- History | Nuclear warfare in motion pictures | Science fiction films -- History and criticismDDC classification: 791.43658
Contents:
Acknowledgments. - Introduction. Vexing questions, and atomic bomb cinema. - 1. 1895 to 1945 : Prototypical bomb films. - 2. 1945 to 1949 : The initial elation after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. - 3. 1950 to 1963, Pt. I : A complex growth industry. - 4. 1950 to 1963, Pt. II : Cold war fantasies. - 5. 1964 to 1979 : Losing faith in social institutions. - 6. 1980 to 1989 : The Reagan era. - 7. 1990 to 2001 : The post-cold war years. - 8. 1945 to 2001 : Japan's atomic bomb cinema. - Conclusion Demonic. - Notes. - Selected Bibliography. - Filmography. - Index.
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Acknowledgments. - Introduction. Vexing questions, and atomic bomb cinema. - 1. 1895 to 1945 : Prototypical bomb films. - 2. 1945 to 1949 : The initial elation after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. - 3. 1950 to 1963, Pt. I : A complex growth industry. - 4. 1950 to 1963, Pt. II : Cold war fantasies. - 5. 1964 to 1979 : Losing faith in social institutions. - 6. 1980 to 1989 : The Reagan era. - 7. 1990 to 2001 : The post-cold war years. - 8. 1945 to 2001 : Japan's atomic bomb cinema. - Conclusion Demonic. - Notes. - Selected Bibliography. - Filmography. - Index.