Screen LibraryUrban memory and visual culture in Berlin : framing the asynchronous city, 1957-2012 /
"This book examines the crucial role of visual culture (architecture, memorials, photography and film) in shaping Berlin's urban memory culture in both East and West in reponse to the changing political, social and economic organization of the built environment over the past five decades.&...
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Amsterdam University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Cities and cultures
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| Summary: |
"This book examines the crucial role of visual culture (architecture, memorials, photography and film) in shaping Berlin's urban memory culture in both East and West in reponse to the changing political, social and economic organization of the built environment over the past five decades." |
| Carrier Form: | 212 pages : illustrations; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-203), filmographies (page [205]) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789089648532 (hardback) : 9089648534 (hardback) 9789048527045 (e-ISBN) 904852704X (e-ISBN) |
| Index Number: | DD866 |
| CLC: | K516.9 |
| Call Number: | K516.9/W263 |
| Contents: | Introduction : Berlin and the question of 'urban memory' -- Remembering the 'murdered city' : Berlin 1957-1974 -- 'Place memory work' in Berlin 1975-1989 -- The remembered city on display, 1984-1993 -- In search of a city? Urban memory in unified Berlin -- Conclusion: the collectives of contemporary urban memory. |