The naked communist Cold War modernism and the politics of popular culture /

Vegso, Roland.

The naked communist Cold War modernism and the politics of popular culture / [electronic resource] : Roland Vegso. - 1st ed. - New York : Fordham University Press, 2013. - 245 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Anti-Communist Politics -- The Aesthetic Unconscious -- Anti-Communist Politics and the Limits of Representation -- The Enemy, the Secret, and the Catastrophe -- Anti-Communist Aesthetic Ideology -- Part II. Anti-Communist Fiction -- One World : Nuclear Holocausts -- Two Worlds : Stolen Secrets -- Three Worlds : Global Enemies.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Anti-communist movements--History--United States--20th century.
Anti-communist movements--Philosophy.--United States
Cold War--Political aspects--United States.
Popular culture--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Aesthetics--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Anti-communist movements in literature.
Cold War in literature.
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century


United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.


Electronic books.

E743.5 / .V44 2013

973.91