Format:
xiv, 262 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karte
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24 cm
ISBN:
9781782385714
Series Statement:
Studies in contemporary European history volume 15
Content:
"By looking at state-sponsored memory projects, such as memorials, commemorations, and historical museums, this book reveals that the East German communist regime obsessively monitored and attempted to control public representations of the past to legitimize its rule. It demonstrates that the regime's approach to memory politics was not stagnant, but rather evolved over time to meet different demands and potential threats to its legitimacy. Ultimately the party found it increasingly difficult to control the public portrayal of the past, and some dissidents were able to turn the party's memory politics against the state to challenge its claims of moral authority"--Provided by publisher
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 238-253
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Teilw. zugl.: Chapel Hill, Univ., Diss., 2004 u.d.T.: Olsen, Jon Berndt: Tailoring truth. Memory culture and state legitimacy in East Germany, 1945 - 1989
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Introduction: Tailoring truth in East Germany -- Mobilizing memory in the Soviet occupation zone -- The politics of state memory -- Emotional bonds -- Broadening the historical roots of the state narrative -- The collapse of state-imposed memory culture.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781782385721
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Deutschland
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Geschichtspolitik
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Vergangenheitsbewältigung
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Geschichte
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Deutschland
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Kollektives Gedächtnis
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Geschichtspolitik
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Geschichte 1945-1990
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Hochschulschrift
Author information:
Olsen, Jon Berndt
