04007nam 2200733Ia 450 991078128670332120230124183528.01-283-06857-597866130685761-61277-407-5(CKB)2550000000033473(StDuBDS)AH23053816(SSID)ssj0000534614(PQKBManifestationID)12178791(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000534614(PQKBWorkID)10511247(PQKB)10380037(MiAaPQ)EBC3118738(Au-PeEL)EBL3118738(CaPaEBR)ebr10464566(CaONFJC)MIL306857(OCoLC)922968671(EXLCZ)99255000000003347320040511d2004 ub 0engur|||||||||||txtccrBrainwashing[electronic resource] the fictions of mind control : a study of novels and films since World War II /David SeedKent, Ohio Kent State University Pressc20041 online resource (xxvi, 325 p.)Formerly CIP.Uk0-87338-813-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-316) and index.During the Korean War, the horror of 'brainwashing' gripped the Western imagination. David Seed traces the assimilation of the notion of brainwashing into science fiction, political commentary, & conspiracy narratives of the Cold War era, showing how these fantasies express the anxieties of the time.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 of the time.;This study reviews 1950s science fiction, Korean War fiction, and the film The Manchurian Candidate. Seed provides new interpretations of writers such as Orwell and Burroughs within the history of psychological manipulation for political purposes, using declassified and other documents to contextualise the material. he explores the shifting view points of how brainwashing is represented, changing from an external threat to American values to an internal threat against individual American liberties by the U.S. government.;Anyone with an interest in science fiction, popular culture, or the Cold War will welcome this study.English fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismBrainwashing in literatureAmerican fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismLiterature and scienceEnglish-speaking countriesWorld War, 1939-1945Literature and the warWorld War, 1939-1945InfluenceBrainwashing in motion picturesAlien abduction in literatureConspiracies in literatureEnglish fictionHistory and criticism.Brainwashing in literature.American fictionHistory and criticism.Literature and scienceWorld War, 1939-1945Literature and the war.World War, 1939-1945Influence.Brainwashing in motion pictures.Alien abduction in literature.Conspiracies in literature.823.91409353Seed David169157MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781286703321Brainwashing3768551UNINA