Disruptive propaganda: The availability, censorship, and distortion of visual information in Robert Wise's the body snatcher

Robert Wise’s The Body Snatcher (RKO, 1946) was filmed in a period of American history riddled with anxiety about the destruction and preservation of bodies. During this time of war, the film and its makers had to negotiate censorship regulations as well as popular attitudes concerning American medicine. The visual vocabulary of The Body Snatcher displays these intertwining concerns through props, setting, and the narrative itself. This is a study of how The Body Snatcher utilizes these methods to convey attitudes about war, medicine, and the body in 1940s America.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Art History

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Warner, Jennifer A.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Greenhill, Jennifer A.

• Propaganda
• Censorship
• World War Two

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2011 Jennifer A. Warner

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/24240

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/24240