Erik Mortenson discusses his book Ambiguous Borderlands and the pervasiveness of shadow imagery in Cold War materials. Ambiguous Borderlands: Shadow Imagery in Cold War American Culture (Southern Illinois University Press, 2016) investigates the role shadows play in Cold War literary and popular texts. Informed by research at the Ransom Center,… read more
Cold War
Tracing parallels of American liberalism in Cold War South Korea
Ilnyun Kim (The Ohio State University) discusses his research interests in advance of his visit to the Ransom Center.