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Outer Space and Popular Culture

Influences and Interrelations, Part 2

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Editors:
  1. Annette Froehlich

    1. SpaceLab, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

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  • 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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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
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  2. Being the Alien: The Space Pierrots and Circus Spaces of David Bowie, Klaus Nomi and Michael Jackson

    • Anna-Sophie Jürgens
    Pages 1-17

  3. When Art Was Science

    • Barbara Amelia King
    Pages 19-52

  4. The Limitless Horizons of Space Art

    • Barbara Amelia King
    Pages 53-73

  5. Rockets and Science Fiction: A Mutual Journey

    • Christoffel Kotze
    Pages 75-111
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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

  • 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

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