Includes filmography (pages 181-185). Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-180) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: gendering science fiction invasion films -- Science fiction blue prints for Cold War gender roles: mystique models and team players -- Saturday matinee cautionary tales: science fiction vamps and promethean scientists -- Invasion from within: mom, the nuclear family, and suburban masculinity -- "I'm not the monster here!": working women after Rosie's retirement and the men they work with -- Postwar prototypes: alternative heroes and progressive men -- Keep watching the screens: gender in fifties science fiction films and beyond.
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