Tailoring Truth: Politicizing the Past and Negotiating Memory in East Germany, 1945-1990 - Couverture souple

Olsen, Jon Berndt

 
9781785335020: Tailoring Truth: Politicizing the Past and Negotiating Memory in East Germany, 1945-1990
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1785335022 ISBN 13 : 9781785335020
Editeur : Berghahn Books, 2017

Synopsis

By looking at state-sponsored memory projects, such as memorials, commemorations, and historical museums, this book reveals that the East German communist regime obsessively monitored and attempted to control public representations of the past to legitimize its rule. It demonstrates that the regime's approach to memory politics was not stagnant, but rather evolved over time to meet different demands and potential threats to its legitimacy. Ultimately the party found it increasingly difficult to control the public portrayal of the past, and some dissidents were able to turn the party's memory politics against the state to challenge its claims of moral authority.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jon Berndt Olsen is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the Dean of Waldsee, the German language and culture immersion program of Concordia Language Villages. He has been the recipient of awards from the Fulbright Commission, the Robert Bosch Foundation, and the Social Science Research Council's Berlin Program.

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Éditeur
Berghahn Books
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1785335022
ISBN 13 
9781785335020
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
276
Coordonnées du fabricant
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