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The astronaut : cultural mythology and idealised masculinity / by Dario Llinares.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Llinares, Dario.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astronautics in mass media.
- Astronauts--United States.
- Astronauts.
- Masculinity--United States.
- Masculinity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (236 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Astronaut: Cultural Mythology and Idealised Masculinity 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 an intertextual mythology through which the astronaut becomes an embodiment of American ideological values and heroic manhood. The discursive processes at work in the range of media texts examined serve to embed the astronaut into the cult...
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- Includes filmography: (p. [219]-220).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-218) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-24081-5
- 1-4438-3138-7
- 9786613240811
- OCLC:
- 760411026
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