In Homemaking for the Apocalypse, Jill E. Anderson interrogates patterns of Atomic Age conformity that controlled the domestic practices and private activities of Americans.
In Domesticating Horror in the Atomic Age, Jill Anderson makes a compelling argument for how the anxieties underlying the popular myth of Cold War, June Cleaver-like domestic tranquillity troubled the media of the time. By exploring the constraints of conformity and the fears of atomic apocalypse, Anderson traces American horrors not from without, but from within domestic spaces, including family, home spaces like kitchens and lawns, and the suburbs.
Melanie R. Anderson, Glenville State College
