Star Trek and the Philosophy of Entertainment: Beauty, Justice, and Popular Culture

ISBN-13: 9781636671550 / Angielski

George A. Gonzalez

Opis

The author, George A. Gonzalez, shows that plot - revolving around justice and injustice - often determines the artistic success and popularity of TV and film franchises. He argues that Start Trek is the most popular franchise in history because it puts the pursuit of justice, and therefore beauty, at the heart of its world.

Spis treści

A Philosophy of Entertainment - The Cases of Nazi Cinema and the American war in Vietnam - The Progressive Politics of 1950s Sci- Fi Movies and Star Trek of the 1960s - Star Trek (Original Series) at the Center of the Justice (Values) Revolution of the 1960s - Star Trek and the Progressive Dialectic: The Depiction of the Marxist Ontology of Justice - The Boys and Justice League Unlimited: The Super Hero as Metaphorical of Global (In)Justice - Popular Culture as Prime Political Terrain in the Struggle for Democracy/Justice - Bibliography - Index.

O autorze

George A. Gonzalez (Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1997) is Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami. He is the author of Star Trek and Popular Culture: Television at the Frontier of Social and Political Change in the 1960s, as well as Star Trek and Star Wars: The Enlightenment versus the Anti-Enlightenment (both published by Peter Lang).