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Cosmonaut : A Cultural History /

"How the public image of the Soviet cosmonaut was designed and reimagined over timeIn this book, Cathleen Lewis discusses how the public image of the Soviet cosmonaut developed beginning in the 1950s and the ways this icon has been reinterpreted throughout the years and in contemporary Russia....

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Lewis, Cathleen S., 1958- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 2023.
Édition:First edition.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • The Birth of the Cosmonaut: "Real Cosmonaut Lives" as a Guide to Youth, the Nation, and the World
  • The Women: The Collison of Expectations in Domestic and International Politics
  • New Cultures of the Cosmonaut: Collectibles, Monuments and Film
  • A Removal and Three Deaths: The Declining Official Need for Heroes
  • Outpost in the Near Frontier: Orbiting Space Stations during the Era of Stagnation
  • Remembrance of Hopes Past: Nostalgia and Editing Public History
  • Epilogue.