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Subject(s)

• Collective memory—Germany [Browse]
• Popular culture—Germany [Browse]
• German prose literature—20th century—History and criticism [Browse]
• German prose literature—21st century—History and criticism [Browse]
• Literature and history—Germany—History—20th century [Browse]
• Literature and history—Germany—History—21st century [Browse]
• Germany (East)—In popular culture [Browse]
• Germany (East)—In literature [Browse]
• Germany (East)—In motion pictures [Browse]
• Germany—In literature [Browse]

Related name

• Rechtien, Renate [Browse]
• Tate, Dennis [Browse]
• Remembering the GDR and Germany's Unification Process (2009 : University of Bath) [Browse]

Series

Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture [More in this series]

Summary note

"Twenty 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 debate. This volume of new research focuses on competing memories of the GDR and the ways they have evolved in the mass media, literature, and film since 1989-90. Taking as its point of departure the impact of iconic visual images of the fall of the Wall on our understanding of the historical GDR, the volume first considers the decade of cultural conflict that followed unification and then the emergence of a more complex and diverse "textual memory" of the GDR since the Berlin Republic was established in 1999. It highlights competing generational perspectives on the GDR era and the unexpected "afterlife" of the GDR in recent publications. The volume as a whole shows the vitality of eastern German culture two decades after the demise of the GDR and the centrality of these memory debates to the success of Germany's unification process."--Provided by publisher.

Notes

"This volume has developed out of an interdisciplinary conference held at the University of Bath in September 2009 ... entitled Remembering the GDR and Germany's Unification Process"--Text.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Source of description

Print version record.

ISBN

• 9781571137807 ((electronic bk.))
• 1571137807 ((electronic bk.))

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