Film And The Nuclear Age

Author : Toni A. Perrine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317732198

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Film and the Nuclear Age by Toni A. Perrine Pdf

Just as we generally pay scant attention to the potential dangers of nuclear power and nuclear war, until quite recently, scholars have made limited critical attempts to understand the cultural manifestations of the nuclear status quo. Films that feature nuclear issues most often simplify and trivialize the subject. They also convey a sense of the ambivalence and anxiety that pervades cultural responses to our nuclear capability. The production of popular narrative films with nuclear topics largely conforms to periods of heightened nuclear awareness or fear, such as the fear of fallout from nuclear testing manifested in the atomic creatures in science fiction movies of the late 1950s. By their very numbers, and through a set of recurring stylistic and narrative conventions, nuclear films reflect a deep-seated cultural anxiety. This study includes detailed textual analysis of films that depict nuclear issues including the development and use of the first atomic bombs, nuclear testing and the fear of fallout, nuclear power, the Cold War arms race, loose nukes, and future nuclear war and its aftermath.(Includes bibliographic references, index, filmography, choronology; Illustrated)

Author : Dick van Lente
Publisher : Springer
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137086181

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The Nuclear Age in Popular Media by Dick van Lente Pdf

The atomic age was described as one that might soon end in the destruction of human civilization, but from the beginning, utopian images were attached to it as well. This book compares representations of nuclear power in popular media from around the world to to trace divergences, convergences, and exchanges.

Author : Joyce Nelson
Publisher : Between the Lines
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Nuclear industry
ISBN : UCSC:32106008228519

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The Perfect Machine by Joyce Nelson Pdf

Author : Stephanie Cooke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781596916173

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In Mortal Hands by Stephanie Cooke Pdf

A provocative history of nuclear power explores the pros and cons of nuclear energy as a power source that has given way to international tension and weapons development, in a critical assessment that also considers nuclear energy's possible role in countering global warming.

Author : John Newhouse
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 0679726454

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War and Peace in the Nuclear Age by John Newhouse Pdf

"This book covers a lot of ground -- from the stirrings of the 'new physics' early in the century to events of June 1988, notably the last meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, and Mr. Gorbachev's special conference of the Soviet Communist party some days later. In between came crises, confrontations, negotiations and even a few arguments, I have tried to relate much of that and to describe the historic effect of nuclear weapons on relations between adversaries, as well as the singular effects of these weapons on relations between allies"--Page xi.

Author : Danderfer, Karen,Hargraves, Susan Lynn,Marcuse, Gary,National Film Board of Canada
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Arms control
ISBN : 0772201730

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Alive in the Nuclear Age : an Anthology of Short Programs about Nuclear Fears, Nuclear Issues, Nuclear Power, and the Arms Race : for Students Ages 11 to 16. Teachers' Guide by Danderfer, Karen,Hargraves, Susan Lynn,Marcuse, Gary,National Film Board of Canada Pdf

Author : Tim O'Brien
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:8780134

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The Nuclear Age by Tim O'Brien Pdf

Author : Mark Reader,Ronald A. Hardert,Gerald L. Moulton
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015004471259

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Atom's Eve by Mark Reader,Ronald A. Hardert,Gerald L. Moulton Pdf

Author : Daniela Gioseffi
Publisher : New York : Simon & Schuster
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015014601499

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Women on War by Daniela Gioseffi Pdf

Author : Phyllis La Farge
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015012159979

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The Strangelove Legacy by Phyllis La Farge Pdf

Author : Jack G. Shaheen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002543960

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Nuclear War Films by Jack G. Shaheen Pdf

This first book-length critical examination of nuclear war motion picturesfeature films, documentaries, and educational short filmsin addition to recognizing a new film genre reflects an important era of modern film history.Taken as a whole, the 25 contributions by 21 film specialists brought together here provide a comprehensive view of 32 feature films, documentaries, and educational short films comprising a representative selection of the new genreall produced between 1946 and 1975 by American, French, British, and Japanese film makers. In addition to discussions of such well-known films as "On the Beach," " Hiroshima," " Mon Amour," " "and "Dr. Strangelove," " "the collection analyzes and comments on a number of less well known but important films such as "A Thousand Cranes," " Countdown to Zero," and "To Die, To Live," " "documentaries and educational short films that hitherto have been inadequately presented in cinema literature.Marshall Flaum, one of the outstanding figures in the field of television documentaries, has provided an unusually interesting Foreword, and Jack Shaheen, the editor of the volume, has added a perceptive Preface and has appended a list of distributors and credits. A major contribution to the serious study of the nuclear war film genre, the book thus provides an analytic text with apparatus and notes, and will be of interest to general readers as well as students of the film and film makers."

Author : John Renaker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015050005282

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Dr. Strangelove and the Hideous Epoch by John Renaker Pdf

Author : Andreas Schwarz
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9783656100775

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Duck and Cover - Propaganda for the Atomic Age by Andreas Schwarz Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject American Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,3, Free University of Berlin (John-F.-Kennedy-Institut), language: English, abstract: The dropping of two US nuclear bombs on Japan ended World War II in the Pacific. By then little was known about the pathological implications such an act of war would have on the Japanese civilian victims. The weapons had barely been tested before deployment and the potential consequences of the radioactive fallout were not yet fully understood. The first practical use of the bomb together with all its casualties initiated a future policy of deterrence. It was apparent what can happen if you go to war with a nuclear power. Still, no other nuclear weapon has ever since been deployed as an act of war. In this research paper I will analyze the Duck and Cover propaganda short issued by the Federal Civil Defense Administration in the early 1950s as the primary source. I will focus on the content of the episode, its structural and cinematic means, and its desired and achieved affects toward its target audience. What were the reasons and goals behind this far-fetched and committed civil defense operation? Is it seen as an outspoken domestic act out of moral obligation from the government that comes with the responsibility of being a nuclear power? Was the nuclear fallout - which the film thoroughly neglects as a danger - really not known to the government at this point in time or was this knowledge deliberately held from the public? This last question defines greatly the core meaning of the film in historical terms. Eventually it determines whether Duck and Cover was merely a naïve piece of safety education or just a good excuse for conditioning a whole generation (as well as its parents) to the ideological challenges of the forthcoming decades of the Cold War. This humble paper alone cannot answer all these questions but rather build a basis for extended research on the topic. Sources indicate th

Author : Ira Chernus,Edward Tabor Linenthal
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791400840

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A Shuddering Dawn by Ira Chernus,Edward Tabor Linenthal Pdf

Exploring the symbolic meanings of the Bomb, this book excavates the "depth dimension" of the nuclear age. Rather than adding to the many ethical commentaries asking whether or not there should be nuclear weapons, the authors ask why there are nuclear weapons and a continuing arms race. They also address the kinds of symbolic changes that must occur in order to reverse the build-up of nuclear weapons. The authors approach these questions from the perspective of academic research, not from particular faith commitments, asking the reader to envision different human responses to this technology, human stances that can be illuminated by the creative insight of religious studies.

Author : James Hershberg
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
Page : 984 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015032735279

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James B. Conant by James Hershberg Pdf

The enthralling life story of Conant who, as scientist and president of Harvard, was drawn into the secret effort to build the atom bomb and subsequently helped determine America's course during the Cold War and the nuclear age. Photos.