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Autore: | Seed David |
Titolo: | Brainwashing [[electronic resource] ] : the fictions of mind control : a study of novels and films since World War II / / David Seed |
Pubblicazione: | Kent, Ohio, : Kent State University Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 325 p.) |
Disciplina: | 823.91409353 |
Soggetto topico: | English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
Brainwashing in literature | |
American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism | |
Literature and science - English-speaking countries | |
World War, 1939-1945 - Literature and the war | |
World War, 1939-1945 - Influence | |
Brainwashing in motion pictures | |
Alien abduction in literature | |
Conspiracies in literature | |
Note generali: | Formerly CIP. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-316) and index. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Brainwashing |
ISBN: | 1-283-06857-5 |
9786613068576 | |
1-61277-407-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910781286703321 |
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