Bootlegging the airwaves : alternative histories of radio and television distribution / Eleanor Patterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patterson, Eleanor, 1983- author.

Series:

The History of Media and Communication Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video recordings--Pirated editions.

Video recordings.

Sound recordings--Pirated editions.

Sound recordings.

Fans (Persons).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, [2024]

Summary:

"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. Original and engaging, Bootlegging the Airwaves shares the story of how fan passion and technology merged into a flourishing subculture"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Homemade entertainment: the prehistory of bootlegging radio

Hello again: the informal old-time-radio 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:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Patterson, Eleanor Bootlegging the Airwaves

ISBN:

9780252055249

0252055241