LEADER 02583nam 2200469 450 001 9910819820103321 005 20200109173651.0 010 $a1-78320-744-2 035 $a(CKB)4100000001502104 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5160929 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000001502104 100 $a20171220h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aPicturing the cosmos $ea visual history of early Soviet space endeavor /$fIina Kohonen 210 1$aBristol, England ;$aChicago, [Illinois] :$cIntellect,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (273 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a1-78320-742-6 311 $a1-78320-743-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 8 $aSpace is the ultimate canvas for the imagination, and in the 1950s and '60s, as part of the space race with the United States, the solar system was the blank page upon which the Soviet Union etched a narrative of exploration and conquest. In Picturing the Cosmos, drawing on a comprehensive corpus of rarely seen photographs and other visual phenomena, Iina Kohonen maps the complex relationship between visual propaganda and censorship during the Cold War. Kohonen ably examines each image, elucidating how visual media helped to anchor otherwise abstract political and intellectual concepts of the future and modernization within the Soviet Union. The USSR mapped and named the cosmos, using new media to stake a claim to this new territory and incorporating it into the daily lives of its citizens. Soviet cosmonauts, meanwhile, were depicted as prototypes of the perfect Communist man, representing modernity, good taste, and the aesthetics of the everyday. Across five heavily illustrated chapters, Picturing the Cosmos navigates and critically examines these utopian narratives, highlighting the rhetorical tension between propaganda, censorship, art, and politics. 606 $aSpace race$xHistory 606 $aAstronautics$zSoviet Union$xHistory 606 $aAstronautics$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 615 0$aSpace race$xHistory. 615 0$aAstronautics$xHistory. 615 0$aAstronautics$xPolitical aspects 676 $a629.40947 700 $aIKohonen$b Ina$01605263 702 $aButters$b Albion M. 702 $aHyytia?inen$b Tiina 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819820103321 996 $aPicturing the cosmos$93930411 997 $aUNINA