Race, Ethnicity and Nuclear War
Representations of Nuclear Weapons and Post-Apocalyptic Worlds
Paul Williams
Ranging across novels and poetry, critical theory and film, comics and speeches, this book explores how writers, thinkers and filmmakers have answered the question: are nuclear weapons ‘white’? It explores representations of nuclear weapons in texts encompassing the Manhattan Project, the destruction of Hiroshima, nuclear testing around the world and the anxiety surrounding the superpowers’ arsenals. Of particular interest are the extensive analyses of films, novels and short stories depicting nuclear war and its aftermath. New thoughts are offered on major texts such as Philip Wylie’s Tomorrow! and Pat Frank’s Alas Babylon, and many under-researched texts are scrutinized too.
Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies, 40
ISBN 9781846317088 • £65.00 hardback
Number pp: 278pp, 234 x 156 mm
Publication date: October 2011
http://www.liverpool-unipress.co.uk/html/publication.asp?idProduct=4034
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