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200 1. $a Rocket states $b Texte imprimé $e atomic weaponry and the cultural imagination $f Fabienne Collignon
210 .. $a New York $c Bloomsbury $d 2014
215 .. $a vi-179 pages $c illustrations, map $d 24 cm
300 .. $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-176) and index
327 1. $a Introduction : ignition ; Excavation : Colorado ; Preservation : Kansas ; Evacuation:
Cape Canaveral ; Transmission : New York ; Mobilization : un/endings.
330 .. $a "Rocket States crosses the disciplines of Cold War Studies, American Literature, American
Studies and Cultural Studies. The particular attraction of this study lies in the
combination of its range--close textual and visual analysis of the correlations between
land and weaponry, set firmly within its political and cultural contexts--with its
unique analytical approach. The book offers a synthesis between history, theories
of technology, theories of space, popular culture, literary study and military science.
It illuminates a variety of literary texts from key writers and thinkers such as Pynchon,
Stephen King, Norman Mailer, and Tom Wolfe, while also invoking figures like Nikola
Tesla, James Webb, Batman and Ronald Reagan. Organised topographically, according
to how missile technology manifests itself differently in particular locations, Rocket
States's geographical targets are Colorado, Kansas, Cape Canaveral and New York, variously
titled 'Excavation', 'Preservation', 'Evacuation' and 'Transmission'. It advances
through these states roughly chronologically, beginning in the late 1940s and early
1950s and coming to an end in the first part of the 21st century. Collignon's argument
is concerned with identifying the recurring figures and fantasies of the Cold War:
the dome or parabola as sheltering techno-form; the fictions of total security adapting
to constantly changing targeting strategies; gadget love; closed, freezing worlds.
As such, Rocket States analyses by what processes the Cold War is frequently literalised
in its weapons installations and how these facilities, in turn, shape dreams of containment,
survival, escape and techno-supremacy"
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