Marianne Kac-Vergne is Lecturer at the Universite de Picardie Jules Verne in Amiens, France, where she teaches courses in American cultural history at graduate and undergraduate levels. Her research focuses on gender and genre in American cinema, and she has published and presented on masculinity and femininity in science fiction, romantic comedy and western films. Previously, she was Assistant Professor at the Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.

[A] very readable and insightful volume. With Kac-Vergne's study in hand, the field of masculinity and sf cinema studies is well poised to tackle films in the next era of sf blockbusters.

• Introduction1. Vulnerable Hypermasculinity2. Dystopia and Class War3. Sidelining Women4. 'White Folks Ain't Planning for Us to Be Here'5. Redefining Masculinity in Times of "Crisis"Afterword: The gender politics of Science Fiction BlockbustersBibliographyIndex