Picturing the cosmos : a visual history of early Soviet space endeavor /

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Picturing the Cosmos elucidates the complex relationship between visual propaganda and censorship in the Soviet Union in the Cold War period, focusing on the 1950s and 1960s. Drawing from a comprehensive corpus of rarely seen photographs and other visual phenomena narrating the Soviet Union's 1...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kohonen, Iina (Author)
Other Authors: Gerovitch, Slava (writer of foreword.), Butters, Albion M. (Translator), Hyytiäinen, Tiina (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, USA : Intellect, 2017.
Subjects:
Astronautics > Soviet Union > History.
Astronautics > Political aspects > Soviet Union.
Space race > History.
Censorship > Soviet Union.
Propaganda, Soviet.
Astronautique > Aspect politique > URSS.
Conquête de l'espace > Histoire.
Propagande soviétique.
Astronautics.
Astronautics > Political aspects.
Censorship.
Diplomatic relations.
Space race.
ART / Russian & Former Soviet Union
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
URSS > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > URSS.
Soviet Union.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. A slash across the heavens
  • 3. Travelers in the void
  • 4. Story of the heroic conquest of space
  • 5. A completely ordinary hero
  • 6. The housebroken hero
  • 7. The tormented hero
  • 8. Conclusions.

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