Contentious Memories

Looking Back at the GDR. Edited by Jost Hermand and Marc Silberman. Revised and expanded papers from the 28th Wisconsin Workshop, held in Madison, Wis., November 14-16, 1996.

This volume of «contentious memories» brings together essays and critical responses in a look back at three aspects of GDR studies. It presents an opportunity for self-reflection on German Studies' past and ongoing engagement with the GDR and post-unification transformations. It seeks to evaluate old questions and raises new ones concerning the historical knowledge of GDR culture and our interpretations of it. Finally, it examines blindspots and self-deceptions of the past as well as those forming all too quickly in the present. X,251 Seiten, broschiert (German Life and Civilization; Vol. 24/Peter Lang Verlag 2000) Mängelexemplar/near mint