{"product_id":"soviet-space-mythologies-public-images-private-memories-and-the-making-of-a-cultural-identity-9780822963639","title":"Soviet Space Mythologies: Public Images, Private Memories, and the Making of a Cultural Identity","description":"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. \u003ci\u003eSoviet Space Mythologies\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eSoviet Space Mythologies\u003c\/i\u003e provides a valuable resource for scholars and students of space history, history of technology, and Soviet (and post-Soviet) history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Slava Gerovitch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822963639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSlava Gerovitch\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer in the history of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFrom Newspeak to Cyberspeak: A History of Soviet Cybernetics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVoices of the Soviet Space Program: Cosmonauts, Soldiers, and Engineers Who Took the USSR into Space.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40239080308851,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6669ebe9-52c3-4516-9cf1-c25d6340f753.jpg?v=1657114242","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/soviet-space-mythologies-public-images-private-memories-and-the-making-of-a-cultural-identity-9780822963639","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}