Includes bibliographical references and index and filmography.
Contents:
The character of post-World War II America -- Singin' in the (HUAC) rain: job security, stardom, and the abjection of Lena Lamont -- It's all about Eve -- "What starts like a scary tale ... ": the right to work On the waterfront -- "Life could not better be": disorganized labor, the little man and the court jester -- Citizens of the free world unite: international tourism and postwar identity in Roman holiday, Teahouse of the August moon, and Sayonara -- Expedient exaggeration and the scale of Cold War farce in North by Northwest -- Defiant desegregation with no (liberal) way out -- "'I want to be in America': urban integration, Pan American friendship, and West Side story."
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