Demographic Angst: Cultural Narratives And American Films Of The 1950s

Synopsis

The Character Of Post-world War Ii America -- Singin' In The (huac) Rain: Job Security, Stardom, And The Abjection Of Lena Lamont -- It's All About Eve -- What Starts Like A Scary Tale ... : The Right To Work On The Waterfront -- Life Could Not Better Be: Disorganized Labor, The Little Man And The Court Jester -- Citizens Of The Free World Unite: International Tourism And Postwar Identity In Roman Holiday, Teahouse Of The August Moon, And Sayonara -- Expedient Exaggeration And The Scale Of Cold War Farce In North By Northwest -- Defiant Desegregation With No (liberal) Way Out -- 'i Want To Be In America': Urban Integration, Pan American Friendship, And West Side Story. Alan Nadel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index And Filmography.