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Title:
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Soviet space culture : cosmic enthusiasm in socialist societies
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Authors:
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Eva Maurer, Editor ;
Julia Richards, Editor ;
Monica Rüthers, Editor
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-230-27435-8
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Size:
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xv, 323 p. / ill. / 23 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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TL789.8.R8
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Subjects:
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Astronautics--Social aspects--Russia (Federation)
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Outer space--Exploration--Russia--History
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Popular culture--Former Soviet republics
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Description:
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This book analyzes Soviet space exploration as a cultural phenomenon, investigating the 'cosmic' age, as mirrored in ideology, imagination and everyday life. 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.
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