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'Fat Man and Little Boy': The Cinematic Representation of Interests in the Nuclear Weapons Organization.
- Source :
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Critical Studies in Mass Communication . Dec 1993 10(4):367-394. - Publication Year :
- 1993
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Abstract
- Examines the ironic "problems" of the 1989 Hollywood film "Fat Man and Little Boy" (portraying the construction of the atomic bomb at the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II) to demonstrate the ideological operations of nuclear texts, and the role of the nuclear weapons organization as a symbolic form in cultural discourse. (SR)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0739-3180
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Critical Studies in Mass Communication
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- EJ477277
- Document Type :
- Reports - Research<br />Journal Articles