1950s "Rocketman" TV Series and Their Fans

Cadets, Rangers, and Junior Space Men
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-35091-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 452 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Miller, C.

Riper, A. Van

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Jean-Noel Bassoir - writer
Mick Broderick - Murdoch University
Gary Coville - media historian

Wheeler Winston Dixon - University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Amy Foster - University of Central Florida
Gary A. Hughes - filmmaker
Robert Jacobs - Hiroshima City University
Henry Jenkins - University of Southern California
Roy Kinnard - writer
Patrick Lucanio - writer
Howard McCurdy - American University

Lawrence R. Samuel - Founder of Culture Planning LLC

J. P. Telotte - Georgia Tech
John C. Tibbetts - University of Kansas
S. Mark Young - University of Southern California