
Of writers and workers : the movement of writing workers in East Germany / William J. Waltz
"Born of the dream of fostering a new caste of writers from working-class ranks, the 'Movement of Writing Workers' (Bewegung schreibender Arbeiter) offers a paradigmatic view of the successes and failures of attempts to implement a socialist cultural revolution in the German Democrati...
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Hauptverfasser: | Waltz, William J. (VerfasserIn) |
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Format: | Buch |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Veröffentlicht: | Oxford ; Bern ; Berlin ; Bruxelles ; New York ; Wien : Peter Lang, 2018 © 2018 |
Schriftenreihe: | German life and civilization
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Internet: | Cover Inhaltstext Inhaltsverzeichnis Unbekannt https://www.peterlang.com/view/product/87839?format=PBK |
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Theoretical underpinnings : between myth and reality |
The question of Soviet influence |
Cultural heritage and political legitimacy |
A socialist culture : according to plan |
Establishing state structures and consolidating political power in the 1950s |
Culture by decree : the twelve point plan |
Klassenkampf and Volkskunst : compromises and concessions in the early 1960s |
Achieving success |
The District of Halle : cradle of the BSA |
On the nature of circle work |
The BSA between social revolution and popular participation |
"Unorganized" amateur writers outside the state fold |
Future research on the BSA |