Title: The German wall : fallout in Europe /
Authors: Silberman, Marc, 1948-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Political culture Germany.; Mass media Germany; National characteristics, German.; National characteristics, European.; HISTORY Europe Germany.; HISTORY Modern 20th Century.; HISTORY Europe Western.; HISTORY Social History.; Kulturwandel.; Migration.; Germany History Influence.; Germany History Social aspects.; Germany Social conditions; Berlin (Germany) History; Berliner Mauer.; Deutschland Vereinigung.
Abstract: "When the Berlin Wall opened unexpectedly on November 9, 1989, it marked a rupture of global significance. For Germany's national history the event has become, next to the defeat of 1945, the most significant date in collective memory. For Cold War Europe the Berlin Wall represented a symbol of border crisis and of difference and division. This interdisciplinary volume addresses multiple consequences of the fall of the Wall: looking back at the physical barrier, its demise, and how it has been mediated in film and television; detailing the processes of restoring and revitalizing the city and the country that had been torn asunder; recognizing the new challenges of integrating socially and politically old and new minorities; and identifying how a new European identity may emerge "after the Wall." The anthology is targeted at scholars and advanced students in history, German studies, sociology, art history, and related fields"--
Contents: Re-viewing the Berlin wall. Germany 1989: a new type of revolution? / Konrad H. Jarausch ; The different aesthetics of the Berlin wall / Olaf Briese ; Politics, culture, and media before and after the Berlin wal / Henning Wrage -- Re-newing Berlin in unified Germany. Re-capitalizing Berlin / Janet Ward ; Interim use at a former death strip? Art, politics, and urbanism at Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum / Karen E. Till ; Jugendweihe: revitalizing a socialist coming-of-age ceremony in unified Berlin / Barbara Wolbert -- Re-settling Berlin's others. Neither Eastern nor welcome: the confused lives of Berlin's Balkan migrants, 1950-2000 / Isa Blumi ; Class of 1989: who made good and who dropped out of German history? Postmigrant documentary theater in Berlin / Katrin Sieg -- Re-negotiating Europe's Center. On Italian bridges: navigating rocks and hard places in post-wall Europe / Lina Insana ; Breaking down the walls: the european library project / B. Venkat Mani.