Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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Author: |
MetzWalter, 1967- |
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
Place of Publication: |
Detroit |
Published: |
Wayne State University Press; |
Year of Publication: |
2012 |
Description: |
1 online resource (144 p.). |
Series: |
TV milestones |
Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780814336472/ |
Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: |
9780814336472electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
9780814333723pbk. |
Content Note: |
Introduction: a minimalist allegory -- The existential island -- A boy and his whale -- Studying Gilligan -- An industrial history of Gilligan's Island -- The narrative innovations of Gilligan's Island -- Gilligan's cave -- The skipper's war trauma -- Gilligan fights the cold war -- Gilligan and identity politics -- What great books would you bring to a desert island? -- To be Gilligan, or not to be -- Prospero's children -- A poke in CBS's eye: the aesthetics of Gilligan's Island -- Gilligan goes to carnival -- Gilligan and the short story -- Gilligan's Island and film history -- Gilligan's Island and performativity -- Gilligan, the natural man -- The afterlife of Gilligan's Island -- Conclusion: television in the age of the DVD |