Space oddities : women and outer space in popular film and culture, 1960-2000 / Marie Lathers.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lathers, Marie
Language:English
Published: New York : Continuum, 2010.
Subjects:
Science fiction films > History and criticism.
Women in motion pictures.
Women scientists in motion pictures.
Outer space in motion pictures.
Physical Description:x, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
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.