Art outside the lines new perspectives on GDR art culture
This collection of essays, written by leading scholars in the fields of East German art, film, literature, music, and museum studies, seeks to renegotiate the artistic legacy of the German Democratic Republic. Combining a range of theoretical and practical perspectives, the volume challenges the nar...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Rodopi
2011, 2011
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| Series: | German monitor
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This collection of essays, written by leading scholars in the fields of East German art, film, literature, music, and museum studies, seeks to renegotiate the artistic legacy of the German Democratic Republic. Combining a range of theoretical and practical perspectives, the volume challenges the narrow frameworks of totalitarianism and Ostalgie that have dominated discussions of art produced in the GDR. It explores the diversity of art produced in the state and contests the long-held perception that socialist realism and artistic innovation were mutually exclusive. Crucially, the collection pu |
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| Physical Description: | 278 pages illustrations (some color) |
| ISBN: | 904203341X 9789042033412 9781283162258 6613162256 9786613162250 1283162253 |