"Cantor demonstrates how, during the 1960s, Gilligan's Island and Star Trek reflected America's faith in liberal democracy and our willingness to project it uni

An analysis of the under-studied sitcom Gilligan’s Island that addresses key questions about American social life in the 1960s.

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