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A Wall of Our Own : An American History of the Berlin Wall /

"The Berlin Wall is arguably the most prominent symbol of the Cold War era, demarcating real and figurative divisions between east and west, Communism and capitalism, oppression and freedom. Its fall in 1989 is broadly understood as a pivotal moment in the history of the last century. For years...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Farber, Paul M., 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Roadmap: American Berliners
  • Segregated sectors: Leonard Freed, the Berlin crisis, and the color line
  • Walls turned sideways are bridges: Angela Davis, Cold War Berliners, and imprisoned freedom struggles
  • Scaling the wall: Shinkichi Tajiri, exiled sculpture, and the reconstruction of the Berlin Wall
  • Midnight crossings: Audre Lorde, intersectional poetics, and the politics of historical memory
  • Returns: 1989 and beyond.