Gilligan Unbound: Pop Culture in the Age of Globalization
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0742507785
ISBN 13
9780742507784
Category
300-309 Sociology
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Publication Year
2001
Publisher
Pages
304
Subject
Television programs -- United States. Television and politics -- United States. Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Abstract
"In Gilligan Unbound, a distinguished Shakespeare scholar and literary critic proves once and for all that popular culture can be every bit as complex, meaningful, and provocative as the most celebrated works of literature - and a lot more fun. Paul Cantor analyzes and interprets a wide variety of classic television programs with the same seriousness, care, and creativity he would Hamlet or Macbeth to reveal how
Description
This is a study and celebration of American television programmes and the way in which they influence audiences and shape popular culture around the world.
Biblio Notes
Genre/Form: History
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Cantor, Paul A. (Paul Arthur), 1945-
Gilligan unbound.
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2001
(OCoLC)606649025
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Paul A Cantor
ISBN: 0742507785 9780742507784
OCLC Number: 46713105
Description: xli, 255 pages ; 23 cm
Contents: pt. 1: national television and the democratic ideology of America --
"The courage of the fearless crew" : Gilligan's island and the Americanization of the globe --
Shakespeare in the original Klingon : Star trek and the end of history --
Part 2: global television and the decline of the nation-state --
Simpson Agonistes : atomistic politics, the nuclear family, and the globalization of Springfield --
Mainstreaming paranoia : The X-files and the delegitimation of the nation-state --
Conclusion : "There's no place like home."
Responsibility: Paul A. Cantor.
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Cantor, Paul A. (Paul Arthur), 1945-
Gilligan unbound.
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2001
(OCoLC)606649025
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Paul A Cantor
ISBN: 0742507785 9780742507784
OCLC Number: 46713105
Description: xli, 255 pages ; 23 cm
Contents: pt. 1: national television and the democratic ideology of America --
"The courage of the fearless crew" : Gilligan's island and the Americanization of the globe --
Shakespeare in the original Klingon : Star trek and the end of history --
Part 2: global television and the decline of the nation-state --
Simpson Agonistes : atomistic politics, the nuclear family, and the globalization of Springfield --
Mainstreaming paranoia : The X-files and the delegitimation of the nation-state --
Conclusion : "There's no place like home."
Responsibility: Paul A. Cantor.
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