First published in France in 2001 by Editions Belin under the
title "Le communisme au quotidien, " Sandrine Kott's book examines
how East German businesses and government carried out communist
practices on a daily basis and how citizens and workers experienced
the conditions created by the totalitarian state in their daily
lives. Kott undertakes a social analysis of the Communist Party's
grasp on state enterprises and the limits of its power. She then
analyzes the enterprises themselves and the social, generational,
and gender tensions that had a profound impact on the lived
experience of socialism. Finally, she considers the development and
acceptance of a complex set of rituals and gift exchanges that
masked latent conflicts while providing meaning to socialism's role
in ordinary life.
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