A history of private life in the German Democratic Republic, showing how the private sphere assumed central importance in the GDR from the very outset, and revealing the myriad ways in which privacy was expressed, staged and defended by citizens living in a communist society.
A history of private life in the German Democratic Republic, showing how the private sphere assumed central importance in the GDR from the very outset, and revealing the myriad ways in which privacy was expressed, staged and defended by citizens living in a communist society.
Paul Betts joined St Anthony's College Oxford as Professor of Modern European History in October 2012. Prior to this, he taught at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1996-1999, and at the University of Sussex, 2000-2012. He has published numerous works on post-war German history, including The Authority of Everyday Objects: A Cultural History of West German Industrial Design (2004), and was the joint editor of the journal German History from 2003-2009.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Privacy in an Enclosed State Section I: Secret Societies, Public Institutions, Private Lives 1: Tyranny of Intimacy: The Stasi and East German Society 2: East of Eden: Christian Subculture in State Socialism 3: Intimacy on Display: Getting Divorced in East Berlin Section II: Domestic Ideals, Social Rights, Lived Experiences 4: Building Socialism at Home: Remaking Interiors and Citizens 5: Property, Noise, and Honor: Neighborhood Justice in East Berlin 6: Socialism's Social Contract: Citizen Complaints 7: Picturing Privacy: Photography and Domesticity Epilogue: The House of Spirits: 1989, Civil Rights, and the Reclamation of Private Life Bibliography Index
Introduction: Privacy in an Enclosed State Section I: Secret Societies, Public Institutions, Private Lives 1: Tyranny of Intimacy: The Stasi and East German Society 2: East of Eden: Christian Subculture in State Socialism 3: Intimacy on Display: Getting Divorced in East Berlin Section II: Domestic Ideals, Social Rights, Lived Experiences 4: Building Socialism at Home: Remaking Interiors and Citizens 5: Property, Noise, and Honor: Neighborhood Justice in East Berlin 6: Socialism's Social Contract: Citizen Complaints 7: Picturing Privacy: Photography and Domesticity Epilogue: The House of Spirits: 1989, Civil Rights, and the Reclamation of Private Life Bibliography Index
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