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Representing East Germany since Unification: From Colonization to Nostalgia

Autor Paul Cooke
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 iul 2005
When 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, Cooke argues it is the realm of culture that, at times, has most clearly demonstrated the continued divisions between East and West. Taking culture as broadly defined, this book examines state memorialization, literature, television, film, and the internet, to map out the problematic path of German national identity as it struggles to deal with the legacy of division. Drawing on postcolonial theory, the author examines the contention that the East has been colonized by the West, looking at how such perceptions have pervaded both east and west German culture. Cooke also discusses the complex phenomenon of nostalgia for East Germany, as evident in the recent international hit film Good Bye, Lenin! Rich in detail and first-hand accounts, this book provocatively asks how far East Germany can be read today as a postcolonial culture.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781845201890
ISBN-10: 1845201892
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: bibliography, index
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Also available in paperback, 9781845201890 £16.99 (August, 2005)

Notă biografică

Paul Cooke is Senior Lecturer in German Studies at the University Leeds.

Cuprins

Postcolonial Studies, Colonization and East Germany * The Federal Republic's 'Orient'? Dealing Officially with the GDR * 'Writing Back': Dealing with the Stasi in Literature * Productive Hybridity: Nostalgia and the GDR on Film * Re-exoticising the Normal: the Ostalgie Industry and German Television * A Postcolonial Culture? Surfing for the GDR in Cyberspace

Recenzii

Paul Cooke's stimulating study of post-unification German culture illuminates the interrelationship between literature, film, television and the internet as communicative forms. It shows how the changing representation of East Germany, viewed both as an historical reality and a 'discursive space', has become a key indicator of Germany's progress towards the elusive goal of inner unity.
This is a must-read text for scholars of all disciplines interested post-Wall German identities.
A highly original and outstanding book. The idea of analysing Germany's post-unification developments under the rubric of post-colonialism is daring indeed, and likely to promote much discussion and debate.
Cooke's book offers a rich account of cultural life since unification, which is made the richer for its inclusion of innovative studies of television and the Internet and insightful readings of film and literature. For this reason it will undoubtedly be extremely useful not only for scholars and students of German Studies but also for students of Cultural Studies, Critical Theory and European Studies.