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How Memory Divides - The Search for Identity in Eastern Germany (Hardcover)
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How Memory Divides - The Search for Identity in Eastern Germany (Hardcover)
Series: Memory Studies: Global Constellations
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This book examines the paradox of collective identity in eastern
Germany in the wake of German reunification. Following the fall of
the Berlin Wall, citizens of the former German Democratic Republic
were confronted with a dilemma: Were they already Germans without
qualification, like their compatriots in the West? Or did they
remain "East Germans" for the time being, with an identity tied to
their distinct past, as if they were foreigners who had migrated
without leaving home? How Memory Divides shows that these questions
remain unresolved even today, less because of any "incomplete
unity" between Germans in West and East, than because of the
contradictory ways in which "easterners" themselves have remembered
their past. Drawing on a unique study spanning two decades, the
author reveals how divergent biographical memories have given rise
to life stories with a diverse array of genres and storylines at
odds with official accounts of the GDR and its demise. Over time,
efforts to effect unity between West and East have reproduced
divisions within the East. This book will appeal to scholars and
students of sociology and politics with interests in memory,
heritage, and identity.
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