The icon curtain : the Cold War's quiet border /

The Iron Curtain did not exist. Instead, it comprised multiple regional segments, many in the grip of divergent historical and cultural forces for decades, if not centuries. The first cultural studies account of the border's landscape, 'The Icon Curtain' straddles the Bohemian Forest...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Komska, Yuliya (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Temas:
1900-1999
Sudeten Germans > History > 20th century.
Travelers' writings, German > History and criticism > 20th century.
Sudeten Germans > Religion.
Cold War.
Guerre froide.
HISTORY > Europe > Eastern.
HISTORY > Europe > Germany.
Boundaries
Sudeten Germans
Travel
Travelers' writings, German
Bohemian Forest > Description and travel.
Bohemian Forest > Church history > 20th century.
Bohemian Forest > In art.
Czechoslovakia > History > 1945-1992.
Germany (West) > Boundaries > Czechoslovakia > History > 20th century.
Czechoslovakia > Boundaries > Germany (West) > History > 20th century.
Tchécoslovaquie > Histoire > 1945-1992.
Czechoslovakia
Europe > Bohemian Forest
Germany (West)
Art
Church history
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Conditions: ruins of the Cold War
  • Cornerstones: iconoclasm and the making of the prayer wall
  • Infrastructure: civilian border travel and travelogues
  • Uses: visual nostalgia at the prayer wall
  • Epilogue: tragic frames.

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