Picturing the Cosmos

Picturing the CosmosSpace is the ultimate canvas for the imagination. 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 conquest and exploration. 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.

The book offers a concise illustration of how cultural practice is maintained and expanded within an urban environment

Guermantes’ party: Charlus followed Jupien into his shop and the two shared an intimate encounter

inspirations

Though not the political capital of the country

this book is both modern and readable

In order to manage this information overload

published as a Second Edition

This single volume

What does veganism have to do with wider struggles for social justice – feminism

a vast web of conspiracy involving Spanish authorities and Filipino revolutionaries threatens Crisóstomo’s life while testing the limits of his loyalty to family and nation alike

and research topics

Greg Battye focuses on the storytelling power of a single image by providing a wide-ranging account of the narrative properties of photographs