1950s "Rocketman" TV series and their fans: cadets, rangers, and junior space men

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 oftheir 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. INDICE: 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 TeenageAssistants 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 RocketmanTelevision 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. Bassoir. 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. CommandoCody. Addict (Or, How The Flying Suit Changed My Life); G. Hughes.

• ISBN: 978-0-230-37731-8
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 294
• Fecha Publicación: 30/08/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido