Brewing socialism : coffee, East Germans, and 20th century globalization / Andrew Kloiber
"Placing coffee at the center of its analysis, Brewing Socialism links East Germany's consumption and food culture to its relationship to the wider world. Andrew Kloiber reveals the ways that everyday cultural practices surrounding coffee drinking not only connected East Germans to a globa...
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| Main Authors: | Kloiber, Andrew |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, 2023 |
| Series: | Studies in German history;
volume 27 |
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| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Summary: | "Placing coffee at the center of its analysis, Brewing Socialism links East Germany's consumption and food culture to its relationship to the wider world. Andrew Kloiber reveals the ways that everyday cultural practices surrounding coffee drinking not only connected East Germans to a global system of exchange, but also perpetuated a set of traditions and values which fit uneasily into the Socialist Unity Party's conceptualization of a modern Socialist Utopia. Sifting through the relationship between material culture and ideology, this unique work examines the complex tapestry of traditions, history and cultural values that underpinned the socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR)" |
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| Item Description: | Quellen- und Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 190-201. - Register: Seite 202-206 |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 206 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781800736696 |
