Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Figures list; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Shadows and Their Place in Postwar America; 1. A FASCINATING ANXIETY: The Paradoxes of Life in the Shadow of the Bomb; 2. WHAT THE SHADOWS KNOW: The Return of the Crime-Fighting Hero the Shadow in Late-1950s Literature; 3. TAKING BACK THE SHADOWS: Allen Ginsberg's and Jack Kerouac's Struggles to Reclaim the American Unconscious; 4. THE GHOST OF HUMANISM: The Disappearing Figure in Postwar Photography; 5. THE BATTLE OF LIGHT AND DARK: Chiaroscuro in Late Film Noir
6. A JOURNEY INTO THE SHADOWS: The Twilight Zone's Visual Critique of the Cold WarCONCLUSION: Adumbration, Penumbra, Foreshadowing; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author; Back Cover
Summary
"This book examines shadow imagery in postwar literature, television, film, photography, and popular culture"-- Provided by publisher
