Title Into the cosmos : space exploration and Soviet culture / edited by James T. Andrews and Asif A. Siddiqi.

Publication Info.	Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2011]
	©2011

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Description	1 online resource (x, 330 pages) : illustrations.
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Series	Pitt series in Russian and East European studies
	Series in Russian and East European studies.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Note	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.
Subject	Popular culture -- Soviet Union.
	Astronautics -- Social aspects -- Soviet Union.
	Astronautics and state -- Soviet Union.
	Astronautics -- Soviet Union -- History.
	TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
	HISTORY -- General.
	Astronautics. (OCoLC)fst00819505
	Astronautics and state. (OCoLC)fst00819576
	Astronautics -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00819560
	Popular culture. (OCoLC)fst01071344
	Soviet Union. (OCoLC)fst01210281
	Raumfahrt.
	Astronaut.
	Massenkultur.
	Gesellschaft.
	Sowjetunion.
	Sowjetunion.
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Siddiqi, Asif A., 1966- editor.
	Andrews, James T., 1961- editor.
Other Form:	Print version: Into the cosmos. Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2011 (DLC) 2011020849
ISBN	9780822977469 (electronic bk.)
	082297746X (electronic bk.)

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