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Post-Wall German Cinema and National History : Utopianism and Dissent.

Since unification, a radical shift has occurred in Germans' view of their country's past, with 1989 replacing 1945 as the primary caesura. Events of the cold-war period are seen as decisive in a history that unites yet divides East and West. Establishing foundational myths and finding comm...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: O'Brien, Mary-Elizabeth
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer Ltd., 2012.
Series:Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture, 113.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontcover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Amnesia, Nostalgia, and Anamnesis as Reactions to the Wende; 2: In the Shadow of the Wall: Political Oppression and Resistance in the GDR; 3: The Wild West and East of Eden: The Red Army Faction and German Terrorism; 4: History Lessons: The Enduring Appeal of Utopianism and the Specter of Violence; Epilogue; Works Cited; Index; Backcover.