Cultural Topographies of the New Berlin

By Karin Bauer and Katrina Sark

Book Overview

Since Unification and the end of the Cold War, Berlin has witnessed a series of uncommonly intense social, political, and cultural transformations. While positioning itself as a creative center populated by young and cosmopolitan global citizens, the "New Berlin" is at the same time a rich site of historical memory, defined inescapably by its past even as it articulates German and European hopes for the future. Cultural Topographies of the New Berlin presents a fascinating cross-section of life in Germany's largest city, revealing the complex ways in which globalization, ethnicity, economics, memory, and national identity inflect how its urban spaces are inhabited and depicted.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785337203
• ISBN13: 9781785337208
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"