NASA/TREK: Popular Science and Sex in America

by Constance Penley

Paperback, 1997

Status

Checked out

Publication

Verso (1997), 184 pages

Description

This wry and highly readable investigation of the role of space travel in popular imagination looks at the way NASA has openly borrowed from the TV show Star Trek to reinforce its public standing. It also celebrates the work of a group of the show's fans who rewrite its storylines in porno-romance fanzines. Constance Penley advocates that scientific experimentation be accompanied by social and sexual experimentation, and devoted to exploring inner as well as outer space.

Original language

English

Physical description

184 p.; 5.5 inches

ISBN

0860916170 / 9780860916178

Local notes

Media and Pop Culture

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