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Brainwashing: The Fictions of Mind Control: A Study of Novels and Films Since World War II
Professor Of English David Seed
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Description for Brainwashing: The Fictions of Mind Control: A Study of Novels and Films Since World War II
Hardcover. This study of literary and cinematic representations of brainwashing during the Cold War era reviews science fiction, Korean War fiction, and The Manchurian Candidate film. It explores how views on brainwashing changed from an external threat to American values to an internal threat against individual American liberties by the US government. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 744.
An examination of the literary and cinematic representations of brainwashing during the Cold War era. The term ""brainwashing"" coined during the Korean War, was popularised by a CIA operative who was a tireless campaigner against communism. it took hold quickly and became a means to articulate fears of totalitarian tendencies in American life. David Seed traces the assimilation of the notion of brainwashing into science fiction, political commentary, and conspiracy narratives of the Cold War era. He demonstrates how these works grew out of a context of political and socail events and how they express the anxieties ... Read more
An examination of the literary and cinematic representations of brainwashing during the Cold War era. The term ""brainwashing"" coined during the Korean War, was popularised by a CIA operative who was a tireless campaigner against communism. it took hold quickly and became a means to articulate fears of totalitarian tendencies in American life. David Seed traces the assimilation of the notion of brainwashing into science fiction, political commentary, and conspiracy narratives of the Cold War era. He demonstrates how these works grew out of a context of political and socail events and how they express the anxieties ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Kent, OH, United States
ISBN
9780873388139
SKU
V9780873388139
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About Professor Of English David Seed
David Seed is professor of American literature at Liverpool University in England. He has published on a wide variety of literary subjects and established the first British Master's program in science fiction. He is currently the series editor for Science Fiction texts and Studies, published by the Liverpool University press
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