Gender and the Race for Space
Anthem Press (Verlag)
978-1-83998-717-5 (ISBN)
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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 “crisis of masculinity” 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.
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.
Introduction.
“Who Can Fly?: The Astronaut in the Context of American Cold War
Technology” ; Chapter 1. “Rugged Individuals and Organization Men: Establishing a
Cold War Masculinity Crisis Narrative”; Chapter
2. “Light This Candle: Project Mercury
Combats the Cold War Masculinity Crisis”; Chapter
3. “Flighty Women: Penetrating the
Masculine Dialogue of Spaceflight, 1958-1964”; Chapter 4. “Refreshingly
Human and Winning: Control and Project Gemini, 1965-1966”; Chapter 5. “It’s
Hip to be Square: Project Apollo, Teamwork,Civil Rights, and the End of the
Individual Astronaut, 1967-1972”; Chapter 6. “What Made it Possible for Sally to Ride?: The Shuttle’s
Domestication and Democratization of Spaceflight”
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.11.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Anthem Intercultural Transfer Studies |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 153 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau | |
| Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-83998-717-0 / 1839987170 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-83998-717-5 / 9781839987175 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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