ISBN:
9781789207330
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 256 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
History / Media studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Horten, Gerd Don't need no thought control
DDC:
943.10877
Keywords:
Deutschland
;
Massenmedien
;
Massenkultur
;
Verwestlichung
;
Politische Kultur
;
Geschichte 1971-1989
;
Deutschland
;
Deutschland
;
Kulturkontakt
;
Westliche Welt
;
Massenmedien
;
Konsumgesellschaft
;
Einfluss
;
Deutschland
;
Alltagskultur
;
Wirtschaftskrise
;
Gesellschaft
;
Geschichte 1970-1989
Abstract:
The fall of the Berlin Wall is typically understood as the culmination of political-economic trends that fatally weakened the East German state. Meanwhile, comparatively little attention has been paid to the cultural dimension of these dramatic events, particularly the role played by Western mass media and consumer culture. With a focus on the 1970s and 1980s, Don’t Need No Thought Control explores the dynamic interplay of popular unrest, intensifying economic crises, and cultural policies under Erich Honecker. It shows how the widespread influence of (and public demands for) Western cultural products forced GDR leaders into a series of grudging accommodations that undermined state power to a hitherto underappreciated extent.
Note:
Quellen- und Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 229-250
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