{"product_id":"cosmonaut-cathleen-s-lewis-9781683403708","title":"Cosmonaut: A Cultural History","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow the public image of the Soviet cosmonaut was\u003cbr\u003edesigned and reimagined over time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003cbr\u003ethis book, Cathleen Lewis discusses how the public image of the Soviet\u003cbr\u003ecosmonaut developed beginning in the 1950s and the ways this icon has been\u003cbr\u003ereinterpreted throughout the years and in contemporary Russia. Compiling\u003cbr\u003ematerial and cultural representations of the cosmonaut program, Lewis provides\u003cbr\u003ea new perspective on the story of Soviet spaceflight, highlighting how the government\u003cbr\u003ehas celebrated figures such as Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova through newspapers, \u003cbr\u003eradio, parades, monuments, museums, films, and even postage stamps and lapel\u003cbr\u003epins. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLewis's analysis shows that during the Space\u003cbr\u003eRace, Nikita Khrushchev mobilized cosmonaut stories and images to symbolize the\u003cbr\u003eforward-looking Soviet state and distract from the costs of the Cold War. Public\u003cbr\u003eperceptions shifted after the first Soviet spaceflight fatality and failure to\u003cbr\u003ereach the Moon, yet cosmonaut imagery was still effective propaganda, evolving\u003cbr\u003ethrough the USSR's collapse in 1991 and seen today in Vladimir Putin's government\u003cbr\u003ecooperation for a film on the 1985 rescue of the Salyut 7 space station. Looking\u003cbr\u003eclosely at the process through which Russians continue to reexamine their past, \u003cbr\u003eLewis argues that the cultural memory of spaceflight remains especially potent among\u003cbr\u003eother collective Soviet memories.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cathleen S. Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1683403703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683403708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Florida Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024","brand":"Cathleen S. Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44079250211071,"sku":"9781683403708","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a8985656-4c14-43b7-847e-685ca65b6305.jpg?v=1685480050","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cosmonaut-cathleen-s-lewis-9781683403708","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}