It Came From the 1950s! Popular Culture, Popular Anxieties
An eclectic and insightful collection of essays predicated on the hypothesis that popular cultural documents provide unique insights into the concerns, anxieties and desires of their times. 1950s popular culture is analysed by leading schol
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Also by Darryl Jones STUDYING POETRY (with Stephen Matterson) HORROR: A THEMATIC HISTORY IN FICTION AND FILM JANE AUSTEN REINTERPRETING EMMET: ESSAYS ON THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ROBERT EMMET M. R. JAMES, COLLECTED GHOST STORIES (edited)
Also by Elizabeth McCarthy FEAR: ESSAYS ON THE MEANING AND EXPERIENCE OF FEAR (co-edited with Kate Hebblethwaite)
Also by Bernice M. Murphy THE SUBURBAN GOTHIC IN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE SHIRLEY JACKSON: ESSAYS ON THE LITERARY LEGACY
It Came From the 1950s! Popular Culture, Popular Anxieties Edited by
Darryl Jones Elizabeth McCarthy and
Bernice M. Murphy
Introduction, selection and editorial matter © Darryl Jones, Elizabeth McCarthy and Bernice M. Murphy 2011 Individual chapters © Contributors 2011 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2011 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-32307-4 DOI 10.1057/9780230337237
ISBN 978-0-230-33723-7 (eBook)
This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11
DJ: For Margaret and Morgan, with love EMcC: For Paul Cronly BM: For my Godson Ieuan Murphy
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Contents
List of Illustrations
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Acknowledgements
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About the Contributors
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Introduction
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1 A-Bombs, B-Pictures, and C-Cups David J. Skal 2 ‘It’s in the Trees! It’s Coming!’ Night of the Demon and the Decline and Fall of the British Empire Darryl Jones
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3 Mutants and Monsters Kim Newman
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4 ‘Don’t Dare See It Alone!’ The
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