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.
Tabella dei contenuti
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. Mc Curdy 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
Circa l’autore
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 Mc Curdy – 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
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