Format:
VI, 300 S.
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Ill., graph. Darst.
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24 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
1571134344
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9781571134349
Series Statement:
Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Content:
Verlagsinfo: Competing representations of the former East German state in the German cultural memory. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the consequences of the country's divided past continue to be debated. The legacy of the German Democratic Republic occupies a major role in German popular culture, with audiences flocking to films claiming to depict the East German state "as it was." Politicians from both left and right make use of its legacy to support their parties' approach to unification, while former citizens of the GDR are still working through their own memories of the regime and adjusting to unification. Since 1989, competing representations of the East German state have emerged, some underlining its repressive nature, others lamenting the loss of a sense of community. The twentieth anniversary of the Wende is an occasion to reflect upon both the history of the GDR and the ways in which it has been remembered, and the present volume presents new research on the theme from a variety of perspectives, with sections on film and literature, museums and memorials, and historiography and politics.
Note:
Literaturangaben
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From Berlin to Prenzlau : representations of GDR theater in film and literature
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Melancholy and historical loss : postunification portrayals of GDR writers and artists
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Literary portrayals of the GDR by non-GDR citizens
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Screening the Stasi : the politics of representation in postunification film
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"The spirit of an epoch is not just reflected in pictures and books, but also in pots and frying pans" : GDR museums and memories of everyday life
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Re-mapping the wall : the wall memorial in Bernauer Strasse : from an unloved Cold War monument to a new type of memorial site
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Commemorating the Berlin Wall
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The evolution of memorial sites in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 1990
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An unequal balance? : memorializing Germany's "double past" since 1990
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Living through the GDR : history, life stories, and generations in East Germany
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Competing master narratives : Geschichtspolitik and identity discourse in three German societies
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Worin noch niemand war : the GDR as retrospectively imagined community
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GDR historiography after the end of the GDR : debates, renewals, and the question of what remains
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Beitr. überw. engl., teilw. dt.
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Political Science
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German Studies
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Ethnology
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General works
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Sociology
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Art History
Keywords:
Deutschland
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Kollektives Gedächtnis
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Deutschland
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Geschichte 1989-2010
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Deutschland
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Film
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Literatur
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Museum
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Gedenkstätte
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Geschichtsschreibung
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Deutschland
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Sammlung von Beiträgen
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Historische Darstellung
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=36576
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=39639
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http://www.dandelon.com/servlet/download/attachments/dandelon/ids/DE0062544B8836CDAD232C125796E005825EF.pdf
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http://www.dandelon.com/servlet/download/attachments/dandelon/ids/DE0062544B8836CDAD232C125796E005825EF.pdf
Author information:
Pearce, Caroline 1973-
Author information:
Hodgin, Nick
