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Title: Cosmonaut : A Cultural History
Description: How the public image of the Soviet cosmonaut was designed and reimagined over time In 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. Compiling material and cultural representations of the cosmonaut program, Lewis provides a new perspective on the story of Soviet spaceflight, highlighting how the government has celebrated figures such as Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova through newspapers, radio, parades, monuments, museums, films, and even postage stamps and lapel pins. Lewis's analysis shows that during the Space Race, Nikita Khrushchev mobilized cosmonaut stories and images to symbolize the forward-looking Soviet state and distract from the costs of the Cold War. Public perceptions shifted after the first Soviet spaceflight fatality and failure to reach the Moon, yet cosmonaut imagery was still effective propaganda, evolving through the USSR's collapse in 1991 and seen today in Vladimir Putin's government cooperation for a film on the 1985 rescue of the Salyut 7 space station. Looking closely at the process through which Russians continue to reexamine their past, Lewis argues that the cultural memory of spaceflight remains especially potent among other collective Soviet memories.
Authors: Cathleen S. Lewis
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Astronauts--Soviet Union--History, Astronautics--Soviet Union--History, Astronautics--Russia (Federation)--History, Astronautics--Social aspects--Russia (Federation), Astronauts--Russia (Federation)--History, Astronautics--Social aspects--Soviet Union
Categories: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, HISTORY / Russia / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History
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