Within Walls : Private Life in the German Democratic Republic
ISBN: 9780199668298 | 0199668299
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 1/6/2013
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Private life in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) is often seen as having been virtually non-existent, simply another East German commodity forever in short supply. In part this had to do with the common perception that private life and state socialism were at odds by definition, to the extent that the private person has no legal identity or political standing outside the socialist community. The East German regime's infamous surveillance techniques, best illustrated in thenotorious exploits of the state's sprawling security force - the Stas... MORE
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 ... MORE
Paul Betts taught at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1996-1999, and has been teaching Modern German History at the University of Sussex since 2000. 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.
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