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Representing East Germany since Unification
Bloomsbury Publishing 2005; US$ 109.95When the Berlin Wall came down and the two Germanies were reunited, culture was held up to be one of the keys to national unity. Ironically, however, this work argues that it is the realm of culture that, at times, has clearly demonstrated the divisions between East and West. more...
Power and Society in the GDR, 1961-1979
Berghahn Books 2009; US$ 95.00The Berlin Wall, for many people, epitomizes the communist German Democratic Republic, founded in 1949 in the Soviet-occupied zone of post-war Germany; other central features of life in the GDR appear to be under the threat of repression by Soviet tanks and surveillance by the secret security police, the Stasi . But is repression and surveillance really... more...
Bringing Culture to the Masses
Berghahn Books 2009; US$ 90.00Cultural life in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) was strictly controlled by the ruling party, the SED, who attempted to dictate how people spent their free time by prohibiting privately organized leisure time pursuits and offering instead cultural activities in state institutions and organizations. By exploring the nature of dictatorial... more...
Twenty Years On
Boydell & Brewer 2011; US$ 80.00Twenty years on from the dramatic events that led to the opening of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the GDR, the subjective dimension of German unification is still far from complete. The nature of the East German state remains a matter of cultural as well as political controversy. This volume of new research focuses on competing memories of the... more...
Remembering the German Democratic Republic
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00Memories of and attitudes to the German Democratic Republic (GDR), or East Germany, within contemporary Germany are characterized by their variety and complexity, whilst the debate over how to remember the GDR tells us a lot about how Germans see themselves and their future. This volume provides a range of international perspectives. more...
Remembering and Rethinking the GDR
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 85.00Exploring the ways in which the GDR has been remembered since its demise in 1989/90, this volume asks how memory of the former state continues to shape contemporary Germany. Its contributors offer multiple perspectives on the GDR and offer new insights into the complex relationship between past and present. more...





