Gender and the Race for Space (eBook)

Masculinity and the American Astronaut, 1957-1983

Erinn McComb (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
357 Seiten
Anthem Press (Verlag)
978-1-83998-718-2 (ISBN)

Infos

The American astronaut image was informed by early Cold War ideals of masculinity that helped mold a distinctly American (anti-communist) masculinity, which appeared-on the surface anyway-to resolve not only an American "e;crisis of masculinity"e; but helped win the Cold War on an ideological and popular level. This American image focused on strict gender binaries of man as the protector, controlling technology and containing communism, while woman was the passive actor with spaceflight technology-left behind in the home waiting for the return of the astronaut husband. Allowing women to fly into space would have represented a lack of individual control with spaceflight technology.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.6.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Anthem Intercultural Transfer Studies
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
• Schlagworte: Americans saw communism • Astronaut • Astronaut Gender • Astronaut Masculinity Women Astronauts The Space Race Femininity And The Astronaut Image The First Lady Astronaut Trainees (Flats) Gender And Aerospace History Gender And Aviation History Gender And Astronauts Gender And The Moon Landing Gender And S • Automation • conformity • Feminism • Homosexuality • Minority rights • The Astronaut Corps
• ISBN-10: 1-83998-718-9 / 1839987189
• ISBN-13: 978-1-83998-718-2 / 9781839987182