| Series |
German life and civilization, 0899-9899 ; v. 24
German life and civilization ; v. 24. ^A674813
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| Contents |
My friend Gert Neumann / Frank Hörnigk -- Blackout / Gert Neumann -- Gert Neumann : bio-bibliography / Marc Silberman -- Whose story is this? Rewriting the literary history of the GDR / Marc Silberman -- Response / Jay Rosellini -- Critical orthodoxies, old and new, or the fantasy of a pure voice : Christa Wolf / Julia Hell -- Response / Nancy Kaiser -- Literature as contested ground : a retrospective of GDR studies in the United States / William Maltarich, Alan Ng, Nancy Thuleen -- Looking back at Heiner Müller / Jost Hermand -- Response / Helen Fehervary -- From UFA to DEFA : past as present in early GDR films / David Bathrick -- Vergangenheitsbewältigung the gentle way? A response to David Bathrik / Sabine Gross -- Reconstructing the GDR canon of the 1960s and 1970s / Frank Hörnigk -- Response / Hans Adler -- Outing to Jurassic Park : "Germany" in post-wall literature : an essay against tiredness / Frauke Meyer-Gosau -- Comments / Carol Poore. |
| Abstract |
Who is remembering the German Democratic Republic, and how do they go about it? This volume of "contentious memories" brings together essays and critical responses in a look back at three aspects of GDR studies. It presents an opportunity for self-reflection on German Studies' past and ongoing engagement with the GDR and post-unification transformations. It seeks to evaluate old questions and raises new ones concerning the historical knowledge of GDR culture and our interpretations of it. |
| Summary |
Finally, it examines blindspots and self-deceptions of the past as well as those forming all too quickly in the present. |
| General note | Revised and expanded papers from the 28th Wisconsin Workshop, held in Madison, Wis., November 14-16, 1996. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Terms of use | Current Copyright Fee: GBP20.00 0. |
| Language | Translated from the German. |
| LCCN | 97017587 |
| ISBN | 082043843X (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780820438436 (alk. paper) |
