Rereading East Germany
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Rereading East Germany

The Literature and Film of the GDR

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Rereading East Germany

The Literature and Film of the GDR

About this book

This volume is the first to address the culture of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) as a historical entity, but also to trace the afterlife of East Germany in the decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall. An international team of outstanding scholars offers essential and thought-provoking essays, combining a chronological and genre-based overview from the beginning of the GDR in 1949 to the unification in 1990 and beyond, with in-depth analysis of individual works. A final chapter traces the resonance of the GDR in the years since its demise and analyses the fascination it engenders. The volume provides a 'rereading' of East Germany and its legacy as a cultural phenomenon free from the prejudices that prevailed while it existed, offering English translations throughout, a guide to further reading and a chronology.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Contents
  6. Illustrations
  7. Notes on contributors
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Chronology
  10. Abbreviations, references and translations
  11. Introduction
  12. Chapter 1 The GDR and its literature: An overview
  13. Chapter 2 Resurrected from the ruins: The emergence of GDR culture
  14. Chapter 3 DEFA’s antifascist myths and the construction of national identity in East German cinema
  15. Chapter 4 From Faust III to Germania III: Drama in the GDR between 1949 and 1989
  16. Chapter 5 Autobiographical writing in the GDR era
  17. Chapter 6 Gender in GDR literature
  18. Chapter 7 Negotiating the politics and aesthetics of satire: Satirical novels in the GDR and beyond
  19. Chapter 8 The politics of dialogue: Poetry in the GDR
  20. Chapter 9 Underground literature? The unofficial culture of the GDR and its development after the Wende
  21. Chapter 10 Tinker, tailor, writer, spy: GDR literature and the Stasi
  22. Chapter 11 Intellectuals and the Wende: Missed opportunities and dashed hopes
  23. Chapter 12 After-images – afterlives: Remembering the GDR in the Berlin Republic
  24. Guide to further reading
  25. Index