Editors:
- Allows readers to gain a comprehensive understanding of how space and popular culture intersect
- Includes the latest insights into the embedding of space in modern popular culture
- Brought together researchers from Africa and Europe
Part of the book series: Southern Space Studies (SOSPST)
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About this book
Following on from Part 1, which was highly acclaimed by the space community, this peer-viewed book provides detailed insights into how space and popular culture intersect across a broad spectrum of areas, including cinema, music, art, arcade games, cartoons, comics, and advertisements. This is a pertinent topic since the use of space themes differs in different cultural contexts, and these themes can be used to explore various aspects of the human condition and provide a context for social commentary on politically sensitive issues. With the use of space imagery evolving over the past sixty years of the space age, this topic is ripe for in-depth exploration. Covering a wide array of relevant and timely topics, the book examines the intersections between space and popular culture, and offers accounts of space and its effect on culture, language, and storytelling from the southern regions of the world.
Editors and Affiliations
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SpaceLab, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
Annette Froehlich
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Outer Space and Popular Culture
Book Subtitle: Influences and Interrelations, Part 2
Editors: Annette Froehlich
Series Title: Southern Space Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91786-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-91785-2Published: 18 February 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-91788-3Published: 19 February 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-91786-9Published: 17 February 2022
Series ISSN: 2523-3718
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3726
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 111
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
Topics: Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Cultural Studies