Atomic Bomb Cinema: The Apocalyptic Imagination on Film by Shapiro, Jerome F - 2001-12-08

Routledge, 2002-01-10. paperback. Used: Good.

Routledge, 2002. Softcover. x, 306 pp. " ... Shapiro has thrown down an intellectual gauntlet...challenging readers to rethink ubiquitous assumptions about the atomic age." 8 apges b&w photos. First few pages lightly wrinkled near top corner, otherwise a clean bright copy. . Very Good. 8vo.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New. Unfathomably merciless and powerful, the atomic bomb has left its indelible mark on film. In Atomic Bomb Cinema, Jerome F. Shapiro unearths the unspoken legacy of the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and its complex aftermath in American and Japanese cinema. According to Shapiro, a "Bomb film" is never simply an exercise in ideology or paranoia. He examines hundreds of films like Godzilla, Dr. Strangelove, and The Terminator as a body of work held together by ancient narrative and symbolic traditions that extol survival under devastating conditions. Drawing extensively on both English-language and Japanese-language sources, Shapiro argues that such films not only grapple with our nuclear anxieties, but also offer signs of hope that humanity is capable of repairing a damaged and divided world. www.atomicbombcinema.com

Routledge, 2002-01-10. paperback. Used:Good.

Routledge, 2001. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 384 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.00 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Atomic Bomb Cinema examines the bombing of Hiroshima and its complex aftermath in American and Japanese cinema.

Routledge, 2001. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 384 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.00 inches.

Routledge, 2001-12-07. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!