Cultures of the Cold War

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Situates U.S. culture in an international frame emphasizing the relationship between the various literary and cultural expressions to the nation’s ascension as a global power and to U.S. imperialism in the era of decolonization (1945-1960). It addresses questions of race and the emerging civil rights movement; containment; McCarthyism; crises in masculinity and femininity; youth culture. (