Barry Stephenson
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199732753
- eISBN:
- 9780199777310
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199732753.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity, Religion and Society
Wittenberg’s Luther festivals are important tools in dealing with economic, social, and cultural problems in the era of a reunified Germany. This chapter examines the civic dimensions of Luther ...
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Wittenberg’s Luther festivals are important tools in dealing with economic, social, and cultural problems in the era of a reunified Germany. This chapter examines the civic dimensions of Luther festivity, arguing that the festivals have played a role in revitalizing the public sphere in Wittenberg.Less
Wittenberg’s Luther festivals are important tools in dealing with economic, social, and cultural problems in the era of a reunified Germany. This chapter examines the civic dimensions of Luther festivity, arguing that the festivals have played a role in revitalizing the public sphere in Wittenberg.
Laura Bradley
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- January 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199589630
- eISBN:
- 9780191595479
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199589630.003.0008
- Subject:
- Literature, Drama, European Literature
Drawing both on examples from earlier chapters and on new material, this chapter evaluates the impact of censorship on GDR drama and theatre, historical developments in censorship practice, and ...
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Drawing both on examples from earlier chapters and on new material, this chapter evaluates the impact of censorship on GDR drama and theatre, historical developments in censorship practice, and patterns of cooperation and conflict. Whilst the diversification of controls led to a lack of transparency, it also enabled managers and directors to use their personal contacts to bypass the official lines of command. When high‐risk productions went ahead, it was often because theatre practitioners and officials had managed to forge alliances and share responsibility. The system penalized innovative directors and dramatists who were reluctant to negotiate; in order to win space for experimentation, they needed to find managers, dramaturges, or officials willing to negotiate on their behalf. The chapter ends by exploring the role that theatre practitioners played in autumn 1989, when theatres functioned as centres for political protest and ‐ briefly ‐ as a substitute for the GDR media.Less
Drawing both on examples from earlier chapters and on new material, this chapter evaluates the impact of censorship on GDR drama and theatre, historical developments in censorship practice, and patterns of cooperation and conflict. Whilst the diversification of controls led to a lack of transparency, it also enabled managers and directors to use their personal contacts to bypass the official lines of command. When high‐risk productions went ahead, it was often because theatre practitioners and officials had managed to forge alliances and share responsibility. The system penalized innovative directors and dramatists who were reluctant to negotiate; in order to win space for experimentation, they needed to find managers, dramaturges, or officials willing to negotiate on their behalf. The chapter ends by exploring the role that theatre practitioners played in autumn 1989, when theatres functioned as centres for political protest and ‐ briefly ‐ as a substitute for the GDR media.
Randall Halle
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252038457
- eISBN:
- 9780252096334
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252038457.003.0004
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter explores German–Polish film relations. World War II created a caesura between Germany and Poland. For years, the complex connectivity that existed in the region was broken and instead ...
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This chapter explores German–Polish film relations. World War II created a caesura between Germany and Poland. For years, the complex connectivity that existed in the region was broken and instead dissociation characterized relations. The chapter examines the tentative conciliation of the two regions, focusing on documentary film. It begins with the work of a few documentarists who headed east at the time of the Wende, the moment of the collapse of the East Block. In bucking trends and heading east they captured images that ultimately speak more to the future of Europe. They not only documented important moments of “first contact,” they literally envisioned relationships that are still developing today.Less
This chapter explores German–Polish film relations. World War II created a caesura between Germany and Poland. For years, the complex connectivity that existed in the region was broken and instead dissociation characterized relations. The chapter examines the tentative conciliation of the two regions, focusing on documentary film. It begins with the work of a few documentarists who headed east at the time of the Wende, the moment of the collapse of the East Block. In bucking trends and heading east they captured images that ultimately speak more to the future of Europe. They not only documented important moments of “first contact,” they literally envisioned relationships that are still developing today.
Scott MacDonald
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- October 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199388707
- eISBN:
- 9780199388745
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199388707.003.0014
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
Siegel talks about the experience of doing research in the archives of the former office of State security in what Americans called/call East Germany (DDR: Deutsche Demokratische Republik), and about ...
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Siegel talks about the experience of doing research in the archives of the former office of State security in what Americans called/call East Germany (DDR: Deutsche Demokratische Republik), and about the thinking that underlies her experimental documentary on the DDR. DDR/DDR focuses primarily on the DDR’s surveillance industry, that short-lived nation’s largest employer, and on the popularity of a re-tooled version of the American Western by East German filmmakers who saw the Native Americans, the “redskins,” as “reds” whose communal way of living was analogous to the communist East German state. Siegel simultaneously calls up the various tropes of lecture documentary, observational and provocational documentary, and questions their implications. The doubling of the title has various implications, including the doubling of East Germany before and after “the Wende” (the dismantling of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany).Less
Siegel talks about the experience of doing research in the archives of the former office of State security in what Americans called/call East Germany (DDR: Deutsche Demokratische Republik), and about the thinking that underlies her experimental documentary on the DDR. DDR/DDR focuses primarily on the DDR’s surveillance industry, that short-lived nation’s largest employer, and on the popularity of a re-tooled version of the American Western by East German filmmakers who saw the Native Americans, the “redskins,” as “reds” whose communal way of living was analogous to the communist East German state. Siegel simultaneously calls up the various tropes of lecture documentary, observational and provocational documentary, and questions their implications. The doubling of the title has various implications, including the doubling of East Germany before and after “the Wende” (the dismantling of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany).
Eli Rubin
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780198732266
- eISBN:
- 9780191796579
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198732266.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History, Cultural History
This chapter explores the darker side of state-built utopia; namely, the extent to which the East German secret police, the “Stasi,” were involved in the entire Marzahn project. It argues that the ...
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This chapter explores the darker side of state-built utopia; namely, the extent to which the East German secret police, the “Stasi,” were involved in the entire Marzahn project. It argues that the production of almost-identical apartment blocks, and the creation of an entire city from highly rational and modernist plans, created an ideal environment for the Stasi to conduct surveillance on East Germans. There were no hidden alleyways, or confusing old building layouts for the Stasi agents to have to learn; there was one main design to learn the tactics of surveillance for. Even more, the Corbusian “towers in a park” style of urban space allowed for agents to observe the movements of almost everyone from their perches in the apartment towers.Less
This chapter explores the darker side of state-built utopia; namely, the extent to which the East German secret police, the “Stasi,” were involved in the entire Marzahn project. It argues that the production of almost-identical apartment blocks, and the creation of an entire city from highly rational and modernist plans, created an ideal environment for the Stasi to conduct surveillance on East Germans. There were no hidden alleyways, or confusing old building layouts for the Stasi agents to have to learn; there was one main design to learn the tactics of surveillance for. Even more, the Corbusian “towers in a park” style of urban space allowed for agents to observe the movements of almost everyone from their perches in the apartment towers.
