Gilligan's Island

by Metz, Walter

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Title Statements

Full title :Gilligan's Island / Walter C. Metz.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wayne State University Press
Place of Publication:Detroit
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

The Physical Object

Description:viii, 115 pages : : illustrations ; : 18 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780814333723, 0814333729, 9780814336472, 0814336477
oclc:ocn744977417
LC Classification:PN1992.77.G53
Dewey Decimal:791.45/72

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.