Screen Enemies of the American Way (Paperback)

Fraser A. Sherman

ISBN 10: 078644648X / ISBN 13: 9780786446483

Published by McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson, NC, 2010

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Paperback. American films, like America itself, have long been fascinated by the threat of outsiders posing as citizens to destroy the American way of life. This book tracks real-world fears appearing in the movies--Nazi agents, Japanese-American spies, Communist Party subversives, Islamic sleeper cells--as well as the science-fiction threats that play to the same fears, such as alien body-snatchers and android doppelgangers. The work also examines fears inspired by World War I German spies, the Japanese-American internment and the McCarthyite witch-hunts and shows how these issues, and others, played out on screen. Tracks real-world fears appearing in the movies Nazi agents, Japanese-American spies, Communist Party subversives, Islamic sleeper cells as well as the science-fiction threats that play to the same fears. It also examines fears inspired by World War I German spies, the Japanese-American internment and the McCarthyite witch-hunts and shows how these issues played out on screen. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Screen Enemies of the American Way (Paperback)
• Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson, NC
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 078644648X
• ISBN 13: 9780786446483
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

American films, like America itself, have long been fascinated by the threat of outsiders posing as citizens to destroy the American way of life. This book tracks real-world fears appearing in the movies--Nazi agents, Japanese-American spies, Communist Party subversives, Islamic sleeper cells--as well as the science-fiction threats that play to the same fears, such as alien body-snatchers and android doppelgangers. The work also examines fears inspired by World War I German spies, the Japanese-American internment and the McCarthyite witch-hunts and shows how these issues, and others, played out on screen.

About the Author

A former Florida reporter, Fraser A. Sherman has contributed articles to such publications as Newsweek, Boys Life and Movie Marketplace and is the author of four previous film books and more than two dozen published speculative-fiction short stories. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.