The post-socialist city : continuity and change in urban space and imagery / Alfrun Kliems; Marina Dmitrieva (eds.). With th eassistance of Louise Bromby and Christian Dietz

It is impossible to view urban planning in Socialism apart from its ideological content. Socialist ideas were realised in buildings, the layout of streets and squares, in films, in literature, and fine art. This heritage - even after the collapse of the political system - has survived into the post-...

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Otros Autores:Kliems, Alfrun (Editor )
Dmitrieva, Marina (Editor )
Bromby, Louise (Otro)
Dietz, Christian (Otro)
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado:Berlin : Jovis Berlin, 2010
Colección:Jovis diskurs
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Sumario:It is impossible to view urban planning in Socialism apart from its ideological content. Socialist ideas were realised in buildings, the layout of streets and squares, in films, in literature, and fine art. This heritage - even after the collapse of the political system - has survived into the post-socialist city to date. At the end of the last century, however, representative socialist buildings lost their political significance or disappeared from the urban picture altogether. Other buildings from this period were given alternative functions in the course of new urban usage concepts
Descripción Física:269 S. Ill., graph. Darst. 24 cm
ISBN:3868590188
9783868590180