Soviet science fiction cinema and the space age : memorable futures / Natalija Majsova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Majsova, Natalija, 1988- author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction films--Soviet Union--History and criticism.

Science fiction films.

Motion pictures--Soviet Union--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Space in motion pictures.

Astronautics and civilization.

History.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxvi, 219 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction: "To begin with, there must be a will to remember"

Soviet space and the battlegrounds of twentieth-century science fiction cinema

Aelita's Mark and The many faces of utopia

The space futures of socialist realism

The space age and its others : Soviet SF between Gagarin and Gorbachev

Little soldiers, perfect aliens, and spoilt brats : Soviet and post-Soviet space kids as liminal agents

An explosive expansion : Soviet SF in the 1980s and its legacy

The province called Earth : the trope of outer space in post-Soviet Russian cinema

Reinterpretations of the Soviet history of spaceflight in contemporary Russian blockbusters

Conclusion: "If it got recorded, it had to be true." Replay, rewatch, remember?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 01, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Majsova, Natalija, 1988- Memorable futures

ISBN:

9781793609328

1793609322

Publisher Number:

40030549260

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.