Erinn McComb

Gender and the Race for Space

Masculinity and the American Astronaut, 1957-1983

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that the American astronaut image was informed by early Cold War ideals of masculinity that helped mold a distinctly American (anti-communist) masculinity, which appearedâ on the surface anywayâ to resolve not only an American â crisis of masculinityâ but helped win the Cold War on an ideological and popular level.

Produktdetails

• Anthem Intercultural Transfer Studies
• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 616g
• ISBN-13: 9781839987175
• ISBN-10: 1839987170
• Artikelnr.: 64374065

Autorenporträt

Erinn McComb, PhD, is Associate Professor of History at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas. She researches the intersection of gender with foreign policy, science, and technology.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Who Can Fly? Gender and the American Astronaut
1-Early Cold War Gender Roles in the Public and Private Discourse
2-Light This Candle: Project Mercury and Cold War Masculinity
3-The First Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLATs)
4-Refreshingly Human and Winning: Pilot Control and Project Gemini
5-It's Hip to Be Square: Democratic Manhood and the Apollo Program
6-What Made It Possible for Sally to Ride?: The Shuttle's Domestication and Democratization of Spaceflight
Conclusion: To Infinity and Beyond
Bibliography
Index