Nasa/Trek: Popular Science and Sex in America

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.

Author: Constance Penley
Publisher: Verso
Published: 06/17/1997
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780860916178
Award: Firecracker Alternative Book Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/1997 pg. 622

About the Author
Constance Penley is Professor of Film and Media Studies and Co-Director of the Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television and New Media at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is a founding editor of Camera Obscura and the author of The Future of an Illusion: Film, Feminism and Psychoanalysis.