Demographic Angst: Cultural Narratives and American Films of the 1950s - Alan Nadel - Books - Rutgers University Press - 9780813565491 - December 26, 2017
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Demographic Angst: Cultural Narratives and American Films of the 1950s


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Argues that mandated normativity - as a political agenda and a social ethic - precluded explicit expression of the anxiety produced by America's radically reconfigured postwar population. Alan Nadel explores influential non-fiction books, magazine articles, and public documents in conjunction with films to examine how these films worked through fresh anxieties that emerged during the 1950s.


256 pages, 86 black & white photographs

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released December 26, 2017
ISBN13 9780813565491
Publishers Rutgers University Press
Pages 268
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 15 mm   ·   229 g

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