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Citizen Spy: Television, Espionage, and Cold War Culture (Commerce and Mass Culture)
Michael Kackman
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Paperback. Series: Commerce & Mass Culture S. Num Pages: 280 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
In Citizen Spy, Michael Kackman investigates how media depictions of the slick, smart, and resolute spy have been embedded in the American imagination. Looking at secret agents on television and the relationships among networks, producers, government bureaus, and the viewing public in the 1950s and 1960s, Kackman explores how Americans see themselves in times of political and cultural crisis.
During the first decade of the Cold War, Hollywood developed such shows as I Led 3 Lives and Behind Closed Doors with the approval of federal intelligence agencies, even basing episodes on actual case files. These “documentary melodramas” were, Kackman ... Read more
In Citizen Spy, Michael Kackman investigates how media depictions of the slick, smart, and resolute spy have been embedded in the American imagination. Looking at secret agents on television and the relationships among networks, producers, government bureaus, and the viewing public in the 1950s and 1960s, Kackman explores how Americans see themselves in times of political and cultural crisis.
During the first decade of the Cold War, Hollywood developed such shows as I Led 3 Lives and Behind Closed Doors with the approval of federal intelligence agencies, even basing episodes on actual case files. These “documentary melodramas” were, Kackman ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
Series
Commerce & Mass Culture S.
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816638291
SKU
V9780816638291
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About Michael Kackman
Michael Kackman is assistant professor in Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas, Austin.
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