Friendship without borders : women's stories of power, politics, and everyday life across East and West Germany / Phil Leask
"Across half a century, from the division of Germany through the end of the Cold War, a cohort of thirty women from the small German town of Schönebeck in what used to be the GDR circulated among themselves a remarkable collective archive of their lives: a Rundbrief, or bulletin, containing hun...
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| Main Authors: | Leask, Phil |
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| Format: | Online-Resource |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | New York : Berghahn, 2020 |
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| Online Access: | URL des Erstveröffentlichers |
| Summary: | "Across half a century, from the division of Germany through the end of the Cold War, a cohort of thirty women from the small German town of Schönebeck in what used to be the GDR circulated among themselves a remarkable collective archive of their lives: a Rundbrief, or bulletin, containing hundreds of letters and photographs. This book draws on that unprecedented resource, complemented by a set of interviews, to paint a rich portrait of "ordinary" life in postwar Germany. It shows how these women--whether reflecting on their experiences as Nazi-era schoolchildren or witnessing reunification--were united by their complex interactions with official power and their commitment to sustaining a shared German identity as they made the most of their everyday lives in both the GDR and the Federal Republic"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 326 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 1789206561 9781789206562 |
