Outer Space and Popular Culture

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.

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

Inhalt
Being the Alien - The Space Pierrots and Circus Spaces of David Bowie, Klaus Nomi and Michael Jackson.- When Art was Science.- The Limitless Horizons of Space Art.- Rockets and Science Fiction: A Mutual Journey.