Rocket States: Atomic Weaponry and the Cultural Imagination 9781501317651

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Автор: Fabienne Collignon
Название: Rocket States: Atomic Weaponry and the Cultural Imagination
ISBN: 9781501317651
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
Классификация:

Литературоведение: Общие вопросы

Литературоведение: с 1900 г.

История Америк

История 20 века: с 1900 по 2000

Холодная война

Политика и политический строй

ISBN-10: 1501317652
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 192
Вес: 0.29 кг.
Дата издания: 28.01.2016
Серия: Literature/Literary Studies
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 8 bw halftone illus
Размер: 154 x 229 x 19
Читательская аудитория: Tertiary education (us: college)
Ключевые слова: Literary studies: general,Literary studies: from c 1900 -,The Cold War, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century,LITERARY CRITICISM / General,LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
Основная тема: Literary studies: general,LITERARY CRITICISM / General,LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General,HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century,Literary studies: from c 1900 -,The Cold War
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Rocket States crosses the disciplines of Cold War Studies, American Literature, American Studies and Cultural Studies. The particular attraction of this study lies in the combination of its range—close textual and visual analysis of the correlations between land and weaponry, set firmly within its political and cultural contexts—with its unique analytical approach. The book offers a synthesis between history, theories of technology, theories of space, popular culture, literary study and military science. It illuminates a variety of literary texts from key writers and thinkers such as Pynchon, Stephen King, Norman Mailer, and Tom Wolfe, while also invoking figures like Nikola Tesla, James Webb, Batman and Ronald Reagan. Organised topographically, according to how missile technology manifests itself differently in particular locations, Rocket Statess geographical targets are Colorado, Kansas, Cape Canaveral and New York, variously titled Excavation, Preservation, Evacuation and Transmission. It advances through these states roughly chronologically, beginning in the late 1940s and early 1950s and coming to an end in the first part of the 21st century. Collignons argument is concerned with identifying the recurring figures and fantasies of the Cold War: the dome or parabola as sheltering techno-form; the fictions of total security adapting to constantly changing targeting strategies; gadget love; closed, freezing worlds. As such, Rocket States analyses by what processes the Cold War is frequently literalised in its weapons installations and how these facilities, in turn, shape dreams of containment, survival, escape and techno-supremacy.
Дополнительное описание: Introduction Rise of the Machines (Nuclear) Enclosures Chapter 1: Excavation Colorado Masks Batteries in the Earth Gold, Dust Chapter 2: Preservation Kansas Bright/EMPTINESS The 98th Meridian Feed Lots IC

Rocket States: Atomic Weaponry and the Cultural Imagination, Fabienne Collignon