Into the cosmos : space exploration and Soviet culture /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2011. ©2011
Description:	1 online resource (x, 330 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Pitt series in Russian and East European studies Series in Russian and East European studies.
Subject:	Popular culture -- Soviet Union. Astronautics -- Social aspects -- Soviet Union. Astronautics and state -- Soviet Union. Astronautics -- Soviet Union -- History. Astronautics. Astronautics and state. Astronautics -- Social aspects. Popular culture. Soviet Union. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11217105

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Other authors / contributors:	Siddiqi, Asif A., 1966- editor. Andrews, James T., 1961- editor.
ISBN:	9780822977469 082297746X 9780822961611 082296161X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"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.
Other form:	Print version: Into the cosmos. Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2011

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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