Star Trek and Popular Culture: Television at the Frontier of Social and Political Change in the 1960s - Hardcover

by George Gonzalez (Author)

Popular culture is an important means to understand the political issues and controversies surrounding the 60s - egalitarianism, equality, as well as anti-communism. In key instances popular culture (especially Star Trek) was at the forefront of the progressive politics of the 60s. This book analyzes the zeitgeist of the 60s through popular culture.

Author Biography

George A. Gonzalez (Ph.D., University of Southern California) is Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami. Among other books, he has published The Politics of Star Trek: Justice, War, and the Future, The Absolute and Star Trek, and Justice and Popular Culture.