Bootlegging the Airwaves
Alternative Histories of Radio and Television Distribution
Seiten
2024
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-04558-5 (ISBN)
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-04558-5 (ISBN)
How fan passion and technology merged into a new subculture Long before internet archives and the anytime, anywhere convenience of streaming, people collected, traded, and shared radio and television content via informal networks that crisscrossed transnational boundaries.
Eleanor Patterson’s fascinating cultural history explores the distribution of radio and TV tapes from the 1960s through the 1980s. Looking at bootlegging against the backdrop of mass media’s formative years, Patterson delves into some of the major subcultures of the era. Old-time radio aficionados felt the impact of inexpensive audio recording equipment and the controversies surrounding programs like Amos ‘n’ Andy. Bootlegging communities devoted to buddy cop TV shows like Starsky and Hutch allowed women to articulate female pleasure and sexuality while Star Trek videos in Australia inspired a grassroots subculture built around community viewings of episodes. Tape trading also had a profound influence on creating an intellectual pro wrestling fandom that aided wrestling’s growth into an international sports entertainment industry.
Eleanor Patterson’s fascinating cultural history explores the distribution of radio and TV tapes from the 1960s through the 1980s. Looking at bootlegging against the backdrop of mass media’s formative years, Patterson delves into some of the major subcultures of the era. Old-time radio aficionados felt the impact of inexpensive audio recording equipment and the controversies surrounding programs like Amos ‘n’ Andy. Bootlegging communities devoted to buddy cop TV shows like Starsky and Hutch allowed women to articulate female pleasure and sexuality while Star Trek videos in Australia inspired a grassroots subculture built around community viewings of episodes. Tape trading also had a profound influence on creating an intellectual pro wrestling fandom that aided wrestling’s growth into an international sports entertainment industry.
Eleanor Patterson is an assistant professor of media studies at Auburn University.
Acknowledgments Introduction Hacking Broadcast History
Homemade Entertainment: The Prehistory of Bootlegging Radio
Hello Again: The Old-time Radio Informal Economy
Freeze Framing Queerness: Tape Trading in Buddy Cop Fan Cultures
We Had to Do It the Hard Way: Bootlegging Star Trek in Australia
Enough of that Garbage: Wrestling Observer and the Intelligent Wrestling Fan Community
Conclusion Bootlegging After the Airwaves Notes
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.02.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The History of Media and Communication |
| Zusatzinfo | 19 black & white photographs, 3 tables |
| Verlagsort | Baltimore |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| Wirtschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-252-04558-0 / 0252045580 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-252-04558-5 / 9780252045585 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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