Life stories from the German Democratic Republic

• Titel: Life stories from the German Democratic Republic
• Mitwirkende: Weedon, Chris [HerausgeberIn] [ÜbersetzerIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited and translated by Chris Weedon
• Verlagsort: Leiden ; Boston
• Verlag: Brill
• E-Jahr: 2023
• Jahr: [2023]
• Umfang: VI, 395 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, Karten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: German monitor ; volume 81
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-90-04-54489-5
• Schlagwörter: (g)Deutschland <DDR> / (s)Kollektives Gedächtnis / (s)Biografie
• Schlagwörter: (g)Deutschland <DDR> / (s)Alltag / (s)Kollektives Gedächtnis
• Schlagwörter: (g)Deutschland <DDR> / (s)Einwohner / (s)Alltag
• Dokumenttyp: Erlebnisbericht
• Dokumenttyp: Interview
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Life stories from the German Democratic Republic. - Leiden : Brill, [2023]
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Life Stories from the German Democratic Republic. - Leiden : Brill, 2023. - 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 395 pages)
• RVK-Notation: NQ 6970
• K10plus-PPN: 1856256154

Abstract

"More than thirty years after German reunification, Life Stories from the German Democratic Republic addresses how life in the GDR is remembered, thereby enriching and complexifying the narratives of East German life found in public history, museums, tourist venues, film, media and popular fiction. The frequent stress on material lack, social restrictions and the repressive state is expanded and reconfigured by interviewees who variously both challenge and confirm widespread assumptions about what it meant to live in the GDR. Aimed at a wide readership, this book gives English-speaking readers access to varied and detailed accounts of everyday life, individual engagement with state institutions and different views of GDR politics, society and culture"--