TY - BOOK ID - 77919102 TI - The astronaut : cultural mythology and idealised masculinity PY - 2011 SN - 1283240815 1443831387 9786613240811 9781443831383 9781283240819 144383002X 9781443830027 PB - Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, DB - UniCat KW - Astronautics in mass media. KW - Astronauts KW - Masculinity KW - Mass media UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77919102 AB - 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... ER -