Format:
xvii, 260 Seiten
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Illustrationen (schwarz-weiss)
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24 cm
ISBN:
9781107006362
Content:
"This volume is the first to address the culture of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) as a historical entity, but also to trace the afterlife of East Germany in the decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall. An international team of outstanding scholars offers essential and thought-provoking essays, combining a chronological and genre-based overview from the beginning of the GDR in 1949 to the unification in 1990 and beyond, with in-depth analysis of individual works. A final chapter traces the resonance of the GDR in the years since its demise and analyses the fascination it engenders. The volume provides a 'rereading' of East Germany and its legacy as a cultural phenomenon free from the prejudices that prevailed while it existed, offering English translations throughout, a guide to further reading and a chronology"--
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 238-248
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Introduction
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1. The GDR and its literature: an overview
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2. Resurrected from the ruins: the emergence of GDR culture
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3. DEFA's antifascist myths and the construction of national identity in East German cinema
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4. From Faust III to Germania III: drama in the GDR
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5. Autobiographical writing in the GDR era
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6. Gender in GDR literature
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7. Negotiating the politics and aesthetics of satire: satirical novels in the GDR and beyond
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8. The politics of dialogue: poetry in the GDR
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9. Underground literature? The unofficial culture of the GDR and its development after the Wende
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10. Tinker, tailor, writer, spy: literature and the Stasi
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11. Intellectuals and the Wende: missed opportunities and dashed hopes
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12. After-images - afterlives: remembering the GDR in the Berlin Republic
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Rereading East Germany Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015 ISBN 9780511902543
Language:
English
Subjects:
German Studies
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General works
Keywords:
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Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Leeder, Karen 1962-
