Memorializing the GDR : Monuments and Memory after 1989 / Anna Saunders

Since unification, eastern Germany has witnessed a rapidly changing memorial landscape, as the fate of former socialist monuments has been hotly debated and new commemorative projects have met with fierce controversy. Memorializing the GDR provides the first in-depth study of this contested arena of public memory, investigating the individuals and groups devoted to the creation or destruction of memorials as well as their broader aesthetic, political, and historical contexts. Emphasizing the interrelationship of built environment, memory and identity, it brings to light the conflicting memories of recent German history, as well as the nuances of national and regional constructions of identity.

מידע ביבליוגרפי
מחבר ראשי: Saunders, Anna (VerfasserIn)
פורמט: ספר
שפה:English
יצא לאור: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, 2018
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גישה מקוונת:Inhaltsverzeichnis
תיאור
סיכום:Since unification, eastern Germany has witnessed a rapidly changing memorial landscape, as the fate of former socialist monuments has been hotly debated and new commemorative projects have met with fierce controversy. Memorializing the GDR provides the first in-depth study of this contested arena of public memory, investigating the individuals and groups devoted to the creation or destruction of memorials as well as their broader aesthetic, political, and historical contexts. Emphasizing the interrelationship of built environment, memory and identity, it brings to light the conflicting memories of recent German history, as well as the nuances of national and regional constructions of identity.
תאור פריט:I
Erscheint auch als: Saunders, Anna, 1967-: Memorializing the GDR. -New York : Berghahn Books, [2018], 9781785336812.
תיאור פיזי:XIII, 368 Seiten : Illustrationen
ISBN:978-1-78533-680-5
סימן המיקום:30954