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Soviet space culturecosmic enthusiasm in socialist societies /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Soviet space cultureedited by Eva Maurer ... [et al.].
Reminder of title:	cosmic enthusiasm in socialist societies /
other author:	Maurer, Eva,
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan,2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 323 p.) :ill.
Subject:	AstronauticsSocial aspectsRussia (Federation)
Subject:	Outer spaceExploration.
Online resource:	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230307049
ISBN:	9780230307049 (electronic bk.)

Soviet space culturecosmic enthusiasm in socialist societies /
Soviet space culturecosmic enthusiasm in socialist societies /[electronic resource] :edited by Eva Maurer ... [et al.]. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan,2011. - 1 online resource (xv, 323 p.) :ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: What does 'space culture' Mean in Soviet society?; E.Maurer, J.Richers, M.Ruthers & C.Scheide -- Writing about Soviet Space Exploration: A Short Overview over the State of Research; J.Richers -- PART I: SPIRITUALITY, TRANSCENDENCE AND SOVIET UTOPIANISM IN REFLECTIONS ON SPACE TRAVEL -- Introduction: Spirituality, Transcendence and Soviet Utopianism in Reflections on Space Travel; E.Maurer & J.Richers -- The Conquest of Space and the Bliss of the Atoms - Konstantin Tsiolkovskii; M.Hagemeister -- Empty/Void Space and the Cybernetic God: Kosmos in the Works of StanisLaw Lem and the Strugatsky Brothers; T.Grob -- The Contested Skies: The Battle of Science and Religion in the Soviet Planetarium; V.Smolkin -- PART II: REMEMBERING SPACE, CONSTRUCTING HEROES -- Introduction: Remembering Space, Constructing Heroes; C.Scheide & M.Ruthers -- Memories of Space and the Spaces of Memory: Remembering Sergei Korolev; S.Gerovitch -- The Heroic and the Ordinary: Photographic Representations of Soviet Cosmonauts in the Early 1960's; I.Kohonen -- 'Let's Find Out Where the Cosmonaut School Is': Soviet Girls and Cosmic Visions in the Aftermath of Tereshkova; R.Sylvester -- Constructing Cosmic Enthusiasm: A Case Study of the Krasnodar Territory; A.Eremeeva -- Propaganda and Cultural History of Cosmonautics: The Example of Regional Public Organizations; V.Sadym -- PART III: PERFORMING SPACE IN WORLD POLITICS: COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIALITY -- Introduction: Performing Space in World Politics: Communications and Mediality; M.Ruthers -- Sputnik Goes to Brussels: The Exhibition of a Soviet Technological Wonder; L.Siegelbaum -- Soviet Cosmonauts and American Astronauts in Yugoslavia - Who Did the Yugoslavs Love More?; R.Vucetic -- Children and the Cosmos as Projects of the Future and Ambassadors of Soviet Leadership; M.Ruthers -- PART IV: SPACE IN POPULAR CULTURE -- Introduction: Space in Popular Culture; J.Richers & M.Ruthers -- A Dream Come True: Close Encounters with Outer Space in Soviet Popular Scientific Journals of the 1950's and 60's; M.Schwartz -- Space Exploration in Russian and Western Popular Culture: Wishful Thinking, Conspiracy Theories and other Related Issues; A.Rogatchevski -- Two Images of a Spaceman in Estonian Art: The Missing Myth of a Hero and the Fable of Failure; A.Porri -- Epilogue: End of Utopia, Start of Nostalgia -- From 'Cosmic Enthusiasm' to 'Nostalgia for the Future': A Tale of Soviet Space Culture; A.Siddiqi -- Appendix.

During the late 50s and early 60s, the Soviet Union boasted an impressive succession of 'space firsts': the first satellite, the first dog, the first man, and the first woman in space were all sent there by the leading socialist country. The influence of the Sputnik and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin went far beyond political leaders and military circles and was more than merely a link in the chain of technological advancement. This book analyzes Soviet space exploration as a cultural phenomenon, investigating the 'cosmic age', as mirrored in ideology, imagination and everyday life. It examines the communist, utopian and atheist aspects of the Soviet space fever in detail and locates the Soviet fascination for space in the context of Russian social and cultural history. Further topics are the making of male and female space heroes, the performing of space in world politics, space in socialist visual and pop cultures, the impact of space travel on children's dreams, and, finally, the end of utopia and beginning of nostalgia.

ISBN: 9780230307049 (electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 9786613266460

Source: 416226Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

642097
Astronautics
--Social aspects--Russia (Federation)Subjects--Geographical Terms:

387234
Outer space
--Exploration.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: TL789.8.R8 / C67 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 303.48/3

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