Urban memory and visual culture in Berlin : framing the asynchronous city, 1957-2012 / Simon Ward.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cities and culturesPublisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2016]Copyright date: 2016Description: 1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789048527045 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Urban memory and visual culture in Berlin : framing the asynchronous city, 1957-2012.DDC classification:
  • 940.53072043 23
LOC classification:
  • DD866 .W37 2016
Online resources:
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.
Review: "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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-203) and index.

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.

"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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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