Art outside the lines : new perspectives on GDR art culture /

This collection of essays, written by leading scholars in the fields of East German art, film, literature, music, and museum studies, seeks to renegotiate the artistic legacy of the German Democratic Republic. Combining a range of theoretical and practical perspectives, the volume challenges the nar...

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Corporate Authors: JSTOR (Organization), Reconsidering the role of the arts in the German Democratic Republic
Other Authors: Kelly, Elaine (Editor), Wlodarski, Amy Lynn (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2011.
Series:German monitor ; no. 74.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This collection of essays, written by leading scholars in the fields of East German art, film, literature, music, and museum studies, seeks to renegotiate the artistic legacy of the German Democratic Republic. Combining a range of theoretical and practical perspectives, the volume challenges the narrow frameworks of totalitarianism and Ostalgie that have dominated discussions of art produced in the GDR. It explores the diversity of art produced in the state and contests the long-held perception that socialist realism and artistic innovation were mutually exclusive. Crucially, the collection pu.
Physical Description:1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-268) and index.
ISBN:9789401200400
9401200408
ISSN:0927-1910 ;