1950s "Rocketman" TV Series and Their Fans
Cadets, Rangers, and Junior Space Men
(Sprache: Englisch)
The fourteen essays featured here focus on series such as Space Patrol, Tom Corbett, and Captain Z-Ro, exploring their roles in the day-to-day lives of their fans through topics such as mentoring, promotion of the real-world space program, merchandising,...
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The fourteen essays featured here focus on series such as Space Patrol, Tom Corbett, and Captain Z-Ro, exploring their roles in the day-to-day lives of their fans through topics such as mentoring, promotion of the real-world space program, merchandising, gender issues, and ranger clubs - all the while promoting the fledgling medium of television.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „1950s "Rocketman" TV Series and Their Fans “
Foreword; H.Jenkins Introduction; A. Bowdoin Van Riper & C. J. Miller PROLOGUE: WHEN OUR STORY BEGINS Where It All Began: The Flash Gordon Serials; R. Kinnard PART I: LEARNING TO BE ROCKETMEN 'A Commotion in the Firmament': Tom Corbett and the Lost Boys; J. C. Tibbetts Boys Wonder: Male Teenage Assistants in 1950s Sci-Fi Movie Serials and Cold War Masculinity; R. Jacobs Girls and 'Space Fever'; A. Foster PART II: REACHING FOR TOMORROW Space Fever: From Fantasy to Reality; H. E. McCurdy Shooting for the Stars: Captain Video, the Rocket Rangers, and America's Conquest of Space; P. Luciano & G. Coville Space Opera TV: Seeing the World of Tomorrow; J. P. Telotte PART III: AS SEEN ON TV The Sky is the Limit: Advertising and Consumer Culture in Rocketman Television Shows of the 1950s; L. R. Samuel Creating a Sense of Wonder: The Glorious Legacy of Space Opera Toys of the 1950's; S. M. Young Space Patrol : Missions of Daring in the Name of Early Television; J. Bassior PART IV: LOOKING AT THE EARTH Making the Universe Safe for Democracy: Rocky Jone s , Space Ranger ; W. W. Dixon "Justice through Strength and Courage": Captain Midnight and the Military-Industrial Complex; M. Broderick "To Learn from the Past. . .": Becoming Cold War Citizens with Captain Z-Ro; C. J. Miller & A. Bowdoin Van Riper EPILOGUE: THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AND BEYOND Confessions of A Commando Cody Addict (Or, How The Flying Suit Changed My Life); G. Hughes
Autoren-Porträt
Jean-Noel Bassoir - writerMick Broderick - Murdoch UniversityGary Coville - media historian Wheeler Winston Dixon - University of Nebraska, LincolnAmy Foster - University of Central FloridaGary A. Hughes - filmmakerRobert Jacobs - Hiroshima City UniversityHenry Jenkins - University of Southern CaliforniaRoy Kinnard - writerPatrick Lucanio - writerHoward McCurdy - American University Lawrence R. Samuel - Founder of Culture Planning LLC J. P. Telotte - Georgia TechJohn C. Tibbetts - University of KansasS. Mark Young - University of Southern California
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2012, 1st ed., 270 Seiten, Maße: 23,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Herausgegeben von Miller, C.; Riper, A. Van; Van Riper, A. Bowdoin
- Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
- ISBN-10: 1349350915
- ISBN-13: 9781349350919
Sprache:
Englisch
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