The post-utopian imagination : American culture in the long 1950s
In America, the long 1950s were marked by an intense skepticism toward utopian alternatives to the existing capitalist order. This was related to the Cold War and the demonization of socialism. This text studies how American novels and films of this era reflect the loss of the utopian imagination.
Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Introduction: America as Utopia--Or Not "Soiled, Torn, and Dead": The Bleak Vision of American Literary Fiction of the Long 1950s Un-American Activities: American Realism and the Utopian Imagination in Leftist Fiction of the Long 1950s Monsters, Cowboys, and Criminals: Jim Thompson and the Dark Turn in American Popular Culture in the Long 1950s American Film in the Long 1950s: From Hitchcock to Disney Postscript: Utopia, Postmodernism, and the Cold War Works Cited Index