Description
Summary: | The collapse of the German Democratic Republic prompted the East Germans to confront their personal, cultural and international past. This study of the 'Wende' - the turn of events in 1989 - is based on ethnographic and anthropological research conducted in the early 1990s. Liz Ten Dyke has developed a finely nuanced portrait of the city and its residents as they were caught up in the economic, political and social turmoil that characterized the immediate post-socialist period. By weaving together scholarly research, oral history, and ""ethnographic excursions"" or narratives of salient ex
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 316 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-307) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781136466342 1136466347 9781315014999 1315014998 9781136466489 1136466487 9781136466410 113646641X 9780415866194 0415866197 |
Language: | English. |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |