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Four-color communism : comic books and contested power in the German Democratic Republic /

"As with all other forms of popular culture, comics in East Germany were tightly controlled by the state. Comics were employed as extensions of the regime's educational system, delivering official ideology so as to develop the "socialist personality" of young people and generate...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eedy, Sean (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn, 2021.
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  • List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Terms Introduction: Comics at the Intersection of State Power and Childhood Chapter 1. Comics and the Crisis of Kultur in the SED State; Chapter 2. State Power and the East German Zeitgeist; Chapter 3. Power, Eigensinn, and the Construction of Space through Comics; Chapter 4. Escape, Escapism, and the Cultural Imperialism of Comic Book Travel in Mosaik and Atze; Chapter 5. Western Influence, Popular Taste, and the Limitations of the FDJ's Publishing Regime Conclusion Bibliography; Index