1950s “Rocketman” TV Series and Their Fans: Cadets, Rangers, and Junior Space Men

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C. Miller, A. Van Riper
Springer, 30 août 2012 - 270 pages
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.
 

Table des matières

List of Illustrations and Tables
2
Acknowledgments
10
The Flash Gordon Serials
23
Girls and Space Fever
4
Captain Midnight
Becoming Cold War Citizens
Confessions of a Commando Cody Addict or How the Flying
Notes on Contributors

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À propos de l'auteur (2012)

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

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