Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies
|
Buy Now
Star Trek and Popular Culture - Television at the Frontier of Social and Political Change in the 1960s (Hardcover, New edition)
Loot Price: R1,936
Discovery Miles 19 360
|
|
Star Trek and Popular Culture - Television at the Frontier of Social and Political Change in the 1960s (Hardcover, New edition)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Donate to Gift Of The Givers
Total price: R1,956
Discovery Miles: 19 560
|
The 1960s (a.k.a. the 60s) remains a terrain of contemporary
politics-with the values of the period embraced or rejected, as
well as differently interpreted. Popular culture (movies,
television) is an important means to understand and analyze the
political issues and controversies surrounding the
60s-egalitarianism, equality (civil rights, feminism), as well as
anti-communism (including the American war in Vietnam). In
important and key instances popular culture (especially Star Trek
[1966-1969]) was at the forefront of the progressive politics of
the 60s. This book engages and analyzes the ongoing 60s through
popular culture. The 60s is a pivotal period in American and world
history-as the United States during this time turned away from
white supremacy as official ideology. Also, the American public
decidedly soured on U.S. military adventurism-as evidenced by broad
public opposition to a military draft. Additionally, women (as a
result of the feminism of the era) gained greater access to the
public sphere and increased personal autonomy-non-discrimination
(and anti-harassment) rules, abortion rights, and no fault divorce.
Popular culture is philosophically significant because it allows
people to cogitate reasons in the world-especially in the social,
political realm. The creators of popular culture will often seek to
offer the public authentic art, and much of the public seeks out
authentic art. This makes American popular culture (in its finer
forms) a viable source material about reason in the world. In this
book the author doesn't seek to deconstruct popular culture;
instead, he seeks to identify and analyze the reasons in the world
depicted in it.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.