Life Stories from the German Democratic Republic

by Chris Weedon

More than thirty years after German reunification, Life Stories from the German Democratic Republic addresses how life in the GDR is remembered, thereby enriching and complexifying the narratives of East German life found in public history, museums, tourist venues, film, media and popular fiction. The frequent stress on material lack, social restrictions and the repressive state is expanded and reconfigured by interviewees who variously both...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004544895
• ISBN13: 9789004544895
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 408 Pages