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02834aam a2200409 i 4500 001 599473C06B5811E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 150407s2015 paua b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2015013696 020 $a 0822963639 020 $a 9780822963639 035 $a (OCoLC)898158784 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-ur--- 050 00 $a TL789.8.S65 G47 2015 082 00 $a 629.450947/09045 $2 23 084 $a HIS032000 $a HIS032000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Gerovitch, Slava, $e author. 245 10 $a Soviet space mythologies : $b public images, private memories, and the making of a cultural identity / $c Slava Gerovitch. 264 1 $a Pittsburgh, Pa. : $b University of Pittsburgh Press, $c [2015] 300 $a xviii, 232 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Pitt series in Russian and East European studies 520 $a "From the start, the Soviet human space program had an identity crisis. Were cosmonauts heroic pilots steering their craft through the dangers of space, or were they mere passengers riding safely aboard fully automated machines? Tensions between Soviet cosmonauts and space engineers were reflected not only in the internal development of the space program but also in Soviet propaganda that wavered between praising daring heroes and flawless technologies. Soviet Space Mythologies explores the history of the Soviet human space program within a political and cultural context, giving particular attention to the two professional groups--space engineers and cosmonauts--who secretly built and publicly represented the program. Drawing on recent scholarship on memory and identity formation, this book shows how both the myths of Soviet official history and privately circulating counter-myths have served as instruments of collective memory and professional identity. These practices shaped the evolving cultural image of the space age in popular Soviet imagination. Soviet Space Mythologies provides a valuable resource for scholars and students of space history, history of technology, and Soviet (and post-Soviet) history"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Astronautics and state $z Soviet Union $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Astronautics $z Soviet Union $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Propaganda, Soviet $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a SCIENCE / History. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union. $2 bisacsh 830 0 $a Series in Russian and East European studies. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021025729.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220902014637.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=599473C06B5811E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search