| Description |
1 online resource (x, 240 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Space for women : a problem deferred. It's about time : a brief history of women in space. Bottled up : inner and outer space in I dream of Jeannie. Staying home : astronaut wives and domestic engineering. Chimpanzees in space and Gorillas in the mist. The astronaut's new clothes : naked in space in Nude on the moon, Barbarella, and Alien. Making contact. First contact. Conclusion : Black holes and the body of the astrophysicist. |
| Summary |
Space Oddities examines the representation of women in outer space films from 1960 to 2000, with an emphasis on films in which women are either denied or given the role of astronaut.€ Marie Lathers traces an evolution in this representation from women as aliens and/or "assistant" astronauts, to women as astronaut wives, to women as astronauts themselves. Many popular films from the era are considered, as are earlier films (from Aelita Queen of Mars to Devil Girl From Mars) and historical records, literary fiction, and television shows (especially I Dream of Jeannie).€ Early 1960s a. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Science fiction films -- History and criticism.
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Science fiction films. |
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Women in motion pictures.
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Women in motion pictures. |
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Women scientists in motion pictures.
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Women scientists in motion pictures. |
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Outer space in motion pictures.
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Outer space in motion pictures. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lathers, Marie. Space oddities. New York : Continuum, 2010 9781441190499 (DLC) 2010011329 (OCoLC)595738829 |
| ISBN |
9781441180933 (electronic book) |
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1441180931 (electronic book) |
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9781441190499 |
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144119049X |
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