Robert P Sylvester
Biographic Data
| ID | 210938 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert P Sylvester |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert P |
| FAMILY NAME | Sylvester |
| SIGNATURE | SYLVESTER R P |
| AFFILIATIONS | DePaul University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5742-569X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1959 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Far from Tranquility Base: Gender and Russianness in For All Mankind's (Not So) Alt Cold War Universe
The Apple+ television series For All Mankind imagines an alternative history in which the Soviets beat the United States to the moon and the Cold War space race never ends. Gender politics and associated dynamics are central to the action. This article explores plotlines involving two fictional cosmonauts: the first woman on the moon and a male crew member stationed at the Soviet's lunar base. It finds that FAM reinforces Cold War tropes, anxieti…
You Are Our Pride and Our Glory!” Emotions, Generation, and the Legacy of Revolution in Women's Letters to Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (known as the “Seagull”) became the first woman in space on June 16, 1963. Female fans of all ages wrote letters to the twenty‐seven‐year‐old cosmonaut expressing their pride and admiration. This article provides a close reading of two such letters, one from an octogenarian who witnessed the revolution first hand, and the other from a woman who, like Tereshkova, was a member of “Stalin's last generation.” Explora…
Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi
City of Thieves: Moldavanka, Criminality, and Respectability in Prerevolutionary Odessa
Making an Appearance: Urban "Types" and the Creation of Respectability in Odessa's Popular Press, 1912-1914
In his 1913 guide to the city, Grigorii Moskvich wrote that the dream of the "essential Odessan" was to strike it rich and immediately acquire a house, a carriage, and everything else he needed in order to "transform himself (by appearance, of course) into an impeccable British gentleman or blue-blooded Viennese aristocrat." Then, "immaculately dressed, with an expensive cigar in his teeth," the remade Odessan was ready to meet his public. Whethe…
A Note on Indices and Assumptions
(1961). A Note on Indices and Assumptions. The Sociological Quarterly: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 97-103
A Comment on Some Further Comments on Cultural Relativism
City of Thieves: Moldavanka, Criminality, and Respectability in Prerevolutionary Odessa
Making an Appearance: Urban "Types" and the Creation of Respectability in Odessa's Popular Press, 1912-1914
In his 1913 guide to the city, Grigorii Moskvich wrote that the dream of the "essential Odessan" was to strike it rich and immediately acquire a house, a carriage, and everything else he needed in order to "transform himself (by appearance, of course) into an impeccable British gentleman or blue-blooded Viennese aristocrat." Then, "immaculately dressed, with an expensive cigar in his teeth," the remade Odessan was ready to meet his public. Whethe…
A Comment on Some Further Comments on Cultural Relativism
A Note on Indices and Assumptions
(1961). A Note on Indices and Assumptions. The Sociological Quarterly: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 97-103
Making an Appearance: Urban "Types" and the Creation of Respectability in Odessa's Popular Press, 1912-1914
In his 1913 guide to the city, Grigorii Moskvich wrote that the dream of the "essential Odessan" was to strike it rich and immediately acquire a house, a carriage, and everything else he needed in order to "transform himself (by appearance, of course) into an impeccable British gentleman or blue-blooded Viennese aristocrat." Then, "immaculately dressed, with an expensive cigar in his teeth," the remade Odessan was ready to meet his public. Whethe…
City of Thieves: Moldavanka, Criminality, and Respectability in Prerevolutionary Odessa
Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi
You Are Our Pride and Our Glory!” Emotions, Generation, and the Legacy of Revolution in Women's Letters to Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (known as the “Seagull”) became the first woman in space on June 16, 1963. Female fans of all ages wrote letters to the twenty‐seven‐year‐old cosmonaut expressing their pride and admiration. This article provides a close reading of two such letters, one from an octogenarian who witnessed the revolution first hand, and the other from a woman who, like Tereshkova, was a member of “Stalin's last generation.” Explora…
Far from Tranquility Base: Gender and Russianness in For All Mankind's (Not So) Alt Cold War Universe
The Apple+ television series For All Mankind imagines an alternative history in which the Soviets beat the United States to the moon and the Cold War space race never ends. Gender politics and associated dynamics are central to the action. This article explores plotlines involving two fictional cosmonauts: the first woman on the moon and a male crew member stationed at the Soviet's lunar base. It finds that FAM reinforces Cold War tropes, anxieti…
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