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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| Main Authors: | Waltz, William J. (Author) |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Oxford ; Bern ; Berlin ; Bruxelles ; New York ; Wien : Peter Lang, 2018 © 2018 |
| Series: | German life and civilization
69 |
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| Online Access: | Cover Inhaltstext Inhaltsverzeichnis Unbekannt https://www.peterlang.com/view/product/87839?format=PBK |
| Table of Contents |
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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 |
