Title: Homemaking for the apocalypse : domesticating horror in atomic age literature & media /
Authors: Anderson, Jill E.
Year: 2021
Subjects: Apocalypse and popular culture; American literature History and criticism; Cold War Psychological aspects.; Domestic relations in literature; Families in literature; Horror tales, American History and criticism; Nuclear warfare Psychological aspects; Cold War in mass media; American literature; Civilization; Cold War (1945-1989) in mass media; Domestic relations in literature; Families in literature; Horror tales, American; Nuclear warfare Psychological aspects; War Psychological aspects; United States Civilization; United States
Abstract: "In Homemaking for the Apocalypse, Jill E. Anderson interrogates patterns of Atomic Age conformity that controlled the domestic practices and private activities of Americans"--
Contents: Introduction : homemaking for the apocalypse : compulsory normativity, banality, and horror -- Die, dig, or get out : or, stop worrying and love the bomb -- "You can protect your family" : common prudence, survival insurance, and fallout shelters -- The Madonna of the suburbs : the ludicrous horrors of everyday life -- "...we are already but one step removed from pod people" : compulsory ableism and the revenge of the lawn in postwar suburbia -- Population bombs and baby boom : overpopulation  as apocalypse -- Conclusion : apocalypse now-ish : (still) domesticating horror.