Overview

The Allied agreement after the Second World War did not only partition Germany, it divided the nation along the fault-lines of a new bipolar world order. This inner border made Germany a unique place to experience the Cold War, and the German question in this post-1945 variant remained inextricably entwined with the vicissitudes of the Cold War until its end. This volume explores how social and cultural practices in both German states between 1949 and 1989 were shaped by the existence of this inner border, putting them on opposing sides of the ideological divide between the Western and Eastern blocs, as well as stabilizing relations between them. This volume's interdisciplinary approach addresses important intersections between history, politics, and culture, offering an important new appraisal of the German experiences of the Cold War.

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Author:   Tobias Hochscherf ,  Christoph Laucht ,  Andrew Plowman
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9781845457518

ISBN 10:   184545751
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   01 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Tobias Hochscherf, Christoph Laucht and Andrew Plowman Chapter 1. Divided, but not Disconnected: Germany as a Border Region of the Cold War Thomas Lindenberger Chapter 2. Fighting the First World War in the Cold War: East and West German Historiography on the Origins of the First World War, 1949-61 Matthew Stibbe Chapter 3. Divided Memory of the Holocaust during the Cold War Bill Niven Chapter 4. Commemorating Luther: Contested Memories and the Cold War Jon Berndt Olsen Chapter 5. The Third World Origins of the Consensual Turn: West German Labor Internationalism and the Cold War Quinn Slobodian Chapter 6. The German Question and Polish-East German Relations, 1945-1962 Sheldon Anderson Chapter 7. From Bulwark of Peace to Cosmopolitan Cocktails: Marketing West Berlin as a Cold War Showcase from the 1960s to the 1970s Michelle A. Standley Chapter 8. Projections of History: East German Film-Makers and the Berlin Wall Sean Allan Chapter 9. Defending the Border? Satirical Treatments of the Bundeswehr after the 1960s Andrew Plowman Chapter 10. East versus West: Olympic Sport as a German Cold War Phenomenon Christopher Young Chapter 11. Glimpses through the Iron Curtain: German Feature Film Import into the G.D.R. Rosemary Stott Chapter 12. Visual Representation, the Male Hero, and the Transfer of Images in the Cold War Inge Marszolek Chapter 13. Re-enacting the First Battle of the Cold War: Post-Wall German Television Confronts the Berlin Airlift in Die Luftbrucke - Nur der Himmel war frei Tobias Hochscherf and Christoph Laucht Chapter 14. Unusual Censor Readings: G.D.R. Science Fiction and the Ministry of Culture Patrick Major Chapter 15. Funerals in Berlin: The Geopolitical and Cultural Spaces of the Cold War James Chapman Select Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

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[A] timely and important contribution to the current scholarship on the Cold War and the critical reassessment of Cold War history within an interdisciplinary, comparative, and transnational framework - The editors are to be commended for promoting a comparative perspective in the individual essays themselves and through the thoughtful selection of topics from East and West German perspectives.A -Sabine Hake, University of Texas, Austin

[A] timely and important contribution to the current scholarship on the Cold War and the critical reassessment of Cold War history within an interdisciplinary, comparative, and transnational framework...The editors are to be commended for promoting a comparative perspective in the individual essays themselves and through the thoughtful selection of topics from East and West German perspectives. * Sabine Hake, University of Texas, Austin

Author Information

Tobias Hochscherf is Professor of Audio-Visual Media at the University of Applied Sciences at Kiel, Germany. His research interests focus on European film and television cultures. He is author of The Continental Connection: German-speaking Emigres and British Cinema, 1927-45 (Manchester UP, 2011) and has published widely in academic journals and edited collections.

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