Gilligan Unbound Pop Culture in the Age of Globalization

Name: Gilligan Unbound Pop Culture in the Age of Globalization
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ISBN: 9780742507791

ISBN-10: 0742507793

ISBN-13: 9780742507791

Edition: 2003

Authors: Paul A. Cantor

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In 'Gilligan Unbound', a distinguished Shakespeare scholar and literary critic proves that pop culture can be every bit as complex, meaningful, and provocative as the most celebrated works of literature - and a lot more fun.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/25/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.22" wide x 8.94" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Paul A. Cantor has authored dozens of articles in various publications and is a regular contributor to The Weekly Standard and The American Enterprise, Cantor lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he is professor of English at the University of Virginia.



Introduction


Acknowledgments


Notes on Method



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



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"


Notes


Index


About the Author