Berlin Divided City, 1945-1989 by Philip Broadbent (English) Paperback Book

Description: Berlin Divided City, 1945-1989 by Philip Broadbent, Sabine Hake This volume examines how the city was conceived, perceived, & represented during the 4 decades preceding reunification & thereby offers a unique perspective on divided Berlins identities. Scholars explore the divisions & antagonisms that defined East & West Berlin & present an indispensible study on the politics & culture of the Cold War. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A great deal of attention continues to focus on Berlins cultural and political landscape after the fall of the Berlin Wall, but as yet, no single volume looks at the divided city through an interdisciplinary analysis. This volume examines how the city was conceived, perceived, and represented during the four decades preceding reunification and thereby offers a unique perspective on divided Berlins identities. German historians, art historians, architectural historians, and literary and cultural studies scholars explore the divisions and antagonisms that defined East and West Berlin; and by tracing the little studied similarities and extensive exchanges that occurred despite the presence of the Berlin Wall, they present an indispensible study on the politics and culture of the Cold War. Author Biography Philip Broadbent is Assistant Professor in the Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He has published on literary representations of post- 1990 Berlin and contemporary European fiction. His current book project looks at the emergence of cool aesthetics in West Germany. Table of Contents List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPhilip Broadbent and Sabine HakePART I: COLD WAR BEGINNINGSChapter 1. Life Among the Ruins: Sex, Space, and Subculture in Zero Hour BerlinJennifer EvansChapter 2. The Propagandistic Role of Modern Art in Postwar BerlinMaike SteinkampChapter 3. Back to the Future: New Musics Revival and Redefinition in Occupied BerlinElizabeth JanikChapter 4. The Nylon Curtain: Architectural Unification in Divided BerlinGreg CastilloChapter 5. Mediascape and Soundscape: Two Landscapes of Modernity in Cold War BerlinHeiner StahlPART II: EAST BERLIN, THE SOCIALIST CAPITALChapter 6. Painting the Berlin Wall in Leipzig: The Politics of Art in 1960s East GermanyApril EismanChapter 7. "You Have to Draw a Line Somewhere": Tropes of Division in DEFA Films from the early 1960sMariana IvanovaChapter 8. Building the East German Television TowerHeather GumbertChapter 9. Transparency in Divided Berlin: The Palace of the RepublicDeborah Ascher BarnstonePART III: WEST BERLIN, SHOWCASE OF THE WESTChapter 10. "I Still Have a Suitcase in Berlin": Hildegard Knefs Cold War MoviesUlrich BachChapter 11. Benno Ohnesorg, Rudi Dutschke, and the Student Movement in West Berlin: Critical Reflections after Forty YearsDavid BarclayChapter 12. Berlin and Post-Meinhof Feminism: Yvonne Rainers Journeys from Berlin/1971Claudia MeschChapter 13. Daniel Libeskinds Jewish Museum in Berlin as a Cold War ProjectPaul JaskotChapter 14. Beyond the Berlin Myth: the Local, the Global and IBA 87Emily PughPART IV: BERLIN AFTER UNIFICATION: LOOKING BACK AND BEYONDChapter 15. Stereographic City: Berlin Photography in the Wende EraMiriam PaeslackChapter 16. Divided City, Divided Heaven? Berlin Border Crossings in Post-WendeFictionLyn MarvenChapter 17. Interview with Barbara HoidnNotes on ContributorsIndex Review "Eschewing the primacy of political history, the authors provide a nuanced picture of a city that, in many respects, was less divided than the Cold War mindset would have us believe…This interesting volume demonstrates the many ways in which East and West Berlin were mutually influential, and how commonalities extended beyond the division." · English Historical Review"This volume taps into the on-going fascination with Berlin but, refreshingly, broadens the historical and conceptual scope, asking us to reconsider some of the assumptions we tend to make about the relationship between East and West Berlin during the time of the citys division…The volume is so well conceived and simply so interesting that most readers will probably want to read it in its entirety…It demonstrates what an essay collection can accomplish when it grows out of a shared discussion. The broad range of topics and the interdisciplinary perspectives presented in this book could not have been achieved by an individual author. The editors deserve praise for the volumes coherence and consistency." · The German Quarterly"Adopting an explicitly interdisciplinary approach, this volume ambitiously aims to offer more than just a cultural history of Cold War Berlin…[Its] mix of spatial and chronological demarcations proves insightful inasmuch as the best essays transgress and even undermine them, in effect articulating one of the editors stated emphases on the continuities of urban culture beyond historical ruptures and spatial divides" · German History"[An] important contribution to current scholarship on Berlin in the Cold War period. Although this is an anthology, it is well conceived to focus on various aspects of Berlin culture during the years of the Cold War." · Stephen Brockmann, Carnegie Mellon Review Quote "Eschewing the primacy of political history, the authors provide a nuanced picture of a city that, in many respects, was less divided than the Cold War mindset would have us believe...This interesting volume demonstrates the many ways in which East and West Berlin were mutually influential, and how commonalities extended beyond the division." English Historical Review "This volume taps into the on-going fascination with Berlin but, refreshingly, broadens the historical and conceptual scope, asking us to reconsider some of the assumptions we tend to make about the relationship between East and West Berlin during the time of the citys division...The volume is so well conceived and simply so interesting that most readers will probably want to read it in its entirety...It demonstrates what an essay collection can accomplish when it grows out of a shared discussion. The broad range of topics and the interdisciplinary perspectives presented in this book could not have been achieved by an individual author. The editors deserve praise for the volumes coherence and consistency." The German Quarterly "Adopting an explicitly interdisciplinary approach, this volume ambitiously aims to offer more than just a cultural history of Cold War Berlin...[Its] mix of spatial and chronological demarcations proves insightful inasmuch as the best essays transgress and even undermine them, in effect articulating one of the editors stated emphases on the continuities of urban culture beyond historical ruptures and spatial divides" German History "[An] important contribution to current scholarship on Berlin in the Cold War period. Although this is an anthology, it is well conceived to focus on various aspects of Berlin culture during the years of the Cold War." Stephen Brockmann , Carnegie Mellon Details ISBN0857458027 Short Title BERLIN DIVIDED CITY 1945-1989 Publisher Berghahn Books Language English ISBN-10 0857458027 ISBN-13 9780857458025 Media Book Format Paperback Author Sabine Hake Year 2012 Pages 222 Imprint Berghahn Books Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Sabine Hake DEWEY 943.1552087 Illustrations 25 ills Series Number 6 AU Release Date 2012-08-01 NZ Release Date 2012-08-01 UK Release Date 2012-08-01 Publication Date 2012-08-01 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Series Culture & Society in Germany We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:91995674;

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