Cultural Topographies of the New Berlin Contributor(s): Bauer, Karin (Editor), Hosek, Jennifer Ruth (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1789205220 ISBN-13: 9781789205220 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Human Geography - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - History | Europe - Germany |
Dewey: 943.155 |
Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6" W x 9" (1.23 lbs) 420 pages |
Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Cultural Region - Germany |
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Publisher Description: Since Unification and the end of the Cold War, Berlin has witnessed a series of uncommonly intense social, political, and cultural transformations. While positioning itself as a creative center populated by young and cosmopolitan global citizens, the "New Berlin" is at the same time a rich site of historical memory, defined inescapably by its past even as it articulates German and European hopes for the future. Cultural Topographies of the New Berlin presents a fascinating cross-section of life in Germany's largest city, revealing the complex ways in which globalization, ethnicity, economics, memory, and national identity inflect how its urban spaces are inhabited and depicted. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bauer, Karin: - Karin Bauer is Professor of German Studies at McGill University and former editor of Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies. Her publications include Adorno's Nietzschean Narratives: Critiques of Ideology, Readings of Wagner and Everybody Talks about the Weather: We Don't, along with numerous articles on critical theory and contemporary German literature and culture. Hosek, Jennifer Ruth: -Jennifer Ruth Hosek is Associate Professor of German at Queen's University, affiliated with Film, Gender, and Cultural Studies. Her scholarly projects include the monograph Sun, Sex, and Socialism: Cuba in the German Imaginary, the documentary Rodando en La Habana: Bicycle Stories, articles on a range of topics, and the telecollaborative learning platform www.linguaelive.ca. |