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Comrades in arms : military masculinities in East German culture /

Without question, the East German National People's Army was a profoundly masculine institution that emphasized traditional ideals of stoicism, sacrifice and physical courage. Nonetheless, as this innovative study demonstrates, depictions of the military in the film and literature of the GDR we...

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Main Author:	Smith, Tom (Thomas A.), 1987- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Berghahn Books, [2020].
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Germany (East). > Nationale Volksarmee > Military life. Soldiers > Germany (East) > Social conditions. Soldiers in literature. Soldiers in motion pictures. Masculinity > Germany (East) Sociology, Military > Germany (East)

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