Contentious Memories
Looking Back At The Gdr
- Editore:
Lang, Peter
- Collana:
- German Life and Civilization
- EAN:
9780820452548
- ISBN:
0820452548
- Pagine:
- 264
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione Contentious Memories
Who is remembering the German Democratic Republic, and how do they go about it? This volume of «contentious memories» brings together essays and critical responses in a look back at three aspects of GDR studies. It presents an opportunity for self-reflection on German Studies' past and ongoing engagement with the GDR and post-unification transformations. It seeks to evaluate old questions and raises new ones concerning the historical knowledge of GDR culture and our interpretations of it. Finally, it examines blindspots and self-deceptions of the past as well as those forming all too quickly in the present. Characterized by a self-awareness and historical understanding that is often neglected in the current tendency to write of the GDR, this collection marks a milestone in the (re)assessment of GDR studies in North America.