Star Trek and Popular Culture: Television at the Frontier of Social and Political Change in the 1960s

ISBN-13: 9781433186707 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 120 str.

George Gonzalez

Opis

Popular culture is an important means to understand the political issues and controversies surrounding the 60s - egalitarianism, equality, as well as anti-communism. In key instances popular culture (especially Star Trek) was at the forefront of the progressive politics of the 60s. This book analyzes the zeitgeist of the 60s through popular culture.

Spis treści

Justice and the 60s - Nazism, Anti- communism, and Popular Culture - The Civil Rights Movement of the 60s, Anti- communism, and Man in the High Castle - Star Trek (Original Series) against Patriarchy and Jim Crow - Popular Culture and the Vietnam War - The Politics of Historical Memory - Conclusion: The 60s and the Future - Index.

O autorze

George A. Gonzalez (Ph.D., University of Southern California) is Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami. Among other books, he has published The Politics of Star Trek: Justice, War, and the Future, The Absolute and Star Trek, and Justice and Popular Culture.