Envisioning Socialism
Gumbert, Heather L.
Envisioning Socialism Television and the Cold War in the German Democratic Republic / Heather L. Gumbert. - 1 online resource (257 p.)
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Envisioning Socialism examines television and the power it exercised to define the East Germans' view of socialism during the first decades of the German Democratic Republic. In the first book in English to examine this topic, Heather L. Gumbert traces how television became a medium prized for its communicative and entertainment value. She explores the difficulties GDR authorities had defining and executing a clear vision of the society they hoped to establish, and she explains how television helped to stabilize GDR society in a way that ultimately worked against the utopian vision the authorities thought they were cultivating.
9780472120024
History / Europe / Germany
History
Electronic books.
Envisioning Socialism Television and the Cold War in the German Democratic Republic / Heather L. Gumbert. - 1 online resource (257 p.)
Access copy available to the general public.
Envisioning Socialism examines television and the power it exercised to define the East Germans' view of socialism during the first decades of the German Democratic Republic. In the first book in English to examine this topic, Heather L. Gumbert traces how television became a medium prized for its communicative and entertainment value. She explores the difficulties GDR authorities had defining and executing a clear vision of the society they hoped to establish, and she explains how television helped to stabilize GDR society in a way that ultimately worked against the utopian vision the authorities thought they were cultivating.
9780472120024
History / Europe / Germany
History
Electronic books.