Tailoring truth : politicizing the past and negotiating memory in East Germany, 1945-1990
"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 r...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York Oxford : Berghahn,
[2015]
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Studies in contemporary European history
volume 15 |
| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Studies in contemporary European history |
| Schlagworte: | Memorialization Historiography Historical museums Collective memory Political culture Social control Deutschland Geschichtspolitik Vergangenheitsbewältigung Geschichte mehr... |
| Umfang: | xiv, 262 Seiten |
| Zusammenfassung: | "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"--Provided by publisher |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 238-253 |
| Beschreibung: | xiv, 262 Seiten Illustrationen, Karte 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781782385714 1782385711 9781782385721 178238572X |