{"product_id":"space-oddities-marie-lathers-9781441172051","title":"Space Oddities","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpace Oddities\u003c\/em\u003e 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.ﾂ 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 \u003cem\u003eAelita Queen of Mars\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eDevil Girl From Mars\u003c\/em\u003e) and historical records, literary fiction, and television shows (especially \u003cem\u003eI Dream of Jeannie\u003c\/em\u003e).ﾂ Early 1960s attempts by women pilots to enter the Space Race are considered as is the media drama surrounding the death of Christa McAuliffe.ﾂ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to its insightful film scholarship, this is an important addition to current reassessments of the Space Race. By applying insights from contemporary gender, race, and species theories to popular imaginings of women in space, the status of the Space Race as a cultural construct that reproduces and\/or warps terrestrial gender structures is revealed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marie Lathers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 144117205X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781441172051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Marie Lathers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44616631189759,"sku":"9781441172051","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e9bfa61e-9f08-4668-853e-42a3f422a8a0.jpg?v=1703021422","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/space-oddities-marie-lathers-9781441172051","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}