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Title:
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The astronaut : cultural mythology and idealised masculinity /
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Authors:
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Dario Llinares, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2011
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-1-4438-3002-7
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Format:
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ix, 224 p. / ill. / 22 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes filmography: p. [219]-220./ Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-220) and index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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TL855
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Subjects:
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Astronautics in mass media
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Astronauts
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Astronauts--United States
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Manned space flight
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Masculinity--United States
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Description:
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This book interrogates the historical and cultural dynamics of one of the most revered icons of the 20th century. Analysing a diverse range of cultural representations the book postulates the construction of and intertextual mythology values and heroic manhood. The book examin how the social construction of the masculine ideal iterates and naturalises gender hegemony.
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Contents note:
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1. Introduction 2. The Life of Astronauts: Inscribing a 'Symbolic Repertoire' 3. Women Astronauts and Gendered News Discourse 4. Astronaut Mythologies 5. Screening the "Wrong Stuff": Cinematic Re-inscriptions of Idealised Masculanity
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Format :
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In print
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