Reviews for American Theater in the Culture of the Cold War: Producing and Contesting Containment, 1947-1962

The average rating for American Theater in the Culture of the Cold War: Producing and Contesting Containment, 1947-1962 based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-11-19 00:00:00 David Black Postmodern humanism, as the guiding theme of this study, provides a timely and increasingly relevant way of revisiting the literary reputation and legacy of Phil Dick. Across various fields within the humanities, a return to different forms of 'humanist' interpretation have been gaining pace in the last several decades, occasionally reacting against but more often building on from and seeking to deepen the insights of that broadly 'anti-humanist' critical theory which dominated literary, cultural and philosophical discussions in the 1970s and 80s. Vest's study does not go into those debates in any great detail, as his focus remains on close attention to Dick's biography and his work itself. Nevertheless, Vest charts how, in the writing of Dick and several comparable authors, the basic divide between 'postmodern' (or 'anti-humanist') and 'humanist' attitudes or worldviews is staged and, in some ways, reconciled. This basic division concerns fundamental distinctions of social determinacy versus individual autonomy, for example, and thus lends the book relevance beyond its specific concern with Dick and the science-fiction genre.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-01-24 00:00:00 Joseph Yarrow I actually enjoyed this book alot! I liked this book because of the fact that it focuses on societies view on society. In a way I did not enjoy this book because of society's many sterotypes. I think that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.Beauty should never be taken for granted. This is why I recomend this novel.I think that a person would not read this book because of the many sterotypes society gives people in America. Also some people msy not like thiss book because it is controversal as well and may give the message of changing yourself.