Into the cosmos : space exploration and Soviet culture /

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"Into the Cosmos shows us the fascinating interplay of Soviet politics, science, and culture during the Khrushchev era, and how the space program became a binding force between these elements."--Back cover

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Siddiqi, Asif A., 1966- (Editor), Andrews, James T., 1961- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2011.
©2011
Series:Series in Russian and East European studies.
Subjects:
Popular culture > Soviet Union.
Astronautics > Social aspects > Soviet Union.
Astronautics and state > Soviet Union.
Astronautics > Soviet Union > History.
Culture populaire > URSS.
Astronautique > Politique gouvernementale > URSS.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
HISTORY > General.
Astronautics
Astronautics and state
Astronautics > Social aspects
Popular culture
Raumfahrt
Astronaut
Massenkultur
Gesellschaft
Soviet Union
Sowjetunion
Sowjetunion.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : space exploration in the Soviet context / James T. Andrews and Asif A. Siddiqi
  • The cultural spaces of the Soviet cosmos / Alexei Kojevnikov
  • Getting ready for Khrushchev's Sputnik : Russian popular culture and national markers at the dawn of the space age / James T. Andrews
  • Cosmic constradictions : popular enthusiasm and secrecy in the Soviet space program / Asif A. Siddiqi
  • The human inside a propaganda machine : the public image and professional identity of Soviet Cosmonauts / Slava Gerovitch
  • The sincere deceiver : Yuri Gagarin and the search for a higher truth / Andrew Jenks
  • Cold War celebrity and the courageous canine scout : the life and times of Soviet space dogs / Amy Nelson
  • Cosmic enlightenment : scientific atheism and the Soviet conquest of space/ Victoria Smolkin-Rothrock
  • She orbits over the sex barrier : Soviet girls and the Tereshkova moment / Roshanna P. Sylvester
  • From the kitchen into orbit : the convergence of human spaceflight and Khrushchev's nascent consumerism / Cathleen S. Lewis
  • Cold War theaters : cosmonaut Titov at the Berlin Wall / Heather L. Gumbert.

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