Soviet space mythologies : public images, private memories, and the making of a cultural identity /

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"From the start, the Soviet human space program had an identity crisis. Were cosmonauts heroic pilots steering their craft through the dangers of space, or were they mere passengers riding safely aboard fully automated machines? Tensions between Soviet cosmonauts and space engineers were reflec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gerovitch, Slava
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015.
Colección:Series in Russian and East European studies.
Temas:
1900-1999
Propaganda, Soviet > History > 20th century.
Astronautics > Soviet Union > History > 20th century.
Astronautics and state > Soviet Union > History > 20th century.
Propagande soviétique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Astronautique > Politique gouvernementale > URSS > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
SCIENCE > History.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
SCIENCE > General.
Astronautics
Astronautics and state
Propaganda, Soviet
Soviet Union
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. "Why Are We Telling Lies?" The Construction of Soviet Space History Myths; 2. Stalin's Rocket Designers' Leap Into Space: The Technical Intelligentsia Faces the Thaw; 3. "New Soviet Man"" Inside Machine: Human Engineering, Spacecraft Design, and the Construction of Communism; 4. The Human in the Arms of Technology: Gagarin's Flight in Documents and Stories; 5. Human-Machine Issues, the Cosmonaut Profession, and Competing Visions of Spaceflight; 6. The Human Inside a Propaganda Machine: The Public Image and Professional Identity of Soviet Cosmonauts.
  • 7. Remembering the Soviet Space Age: Myth and Identity in Post-Soviet CultureNotes; Bibliography; Index.

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