Envisioning socialism: television and the Cold War in the German Democratic Republic
"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 prize...
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Univ. of Michigan Press
2014
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| Schriftenreihe: | Social history, popular culture, and politics in germany
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| Zusammenfassung: | "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. Gumbert challenges those who would dismiss East German television as a tool of repression that couldn't compete with the West or capture the imagination of East Germans. Instead, she shows how, by the early 1960s, television was a model of the kind of socialist realist art that could appeal to authorities and audiences. Ultimately, this socialist vision was overcome by the challenges that the international market in media products and technologies posed to nation-building in the postwar period. A history of ideas and perceptions examining both real and mediated historical conditions, Envisioning Socialism considers television as a technology, an institution, and a medium of social relations and cultural knowledge. The book will be welcomed in undergraduate and graduate courses in German and media history, the history of postwar Socialism, and the history of science and technologies".. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 242 S.) Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780472120024 |
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| spelling | Gumbert, Heather L. Verfasser (DE-588)1050914031 aut Envisioning socialism television and the Cold War in the German Democratic Republic Heather L. Gumbert Ann Arbor Univ. of Michigan Press 2014 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 242 S.) Ill. txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Social history, popular culture, and politics in germany Includes bibliographical references and index "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. Gumbert challenges those who would dismiss East German television as a tool of repression that couldn't compete with the West or capture the imagination of East Germans. Instead, she shows how, by the early 1960s, television was a model of the kind of socialist realist art that could appeal to authorities and audiences. Ultimately, this socialist vision was overcome by the challenges that the international market in media products and technologies posed to nation-building in the postwar period. A history of ideas and perceptions examining both real and mediated historical conditions, Envisioning Socialism considers television as a technology, an institution, and a medium of social relations and cultural knowledge. The book will be welcomed in undergraduate and graduate courses in German and media history, the history of postwar Socialism, and the history of science and technologies".. Deutscher Fernsehfunk History Geschichte 1949-1961 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1950-1970 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1952-1965 gnd rswk-swf HISTORY / Europe / Germany bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies bisacsh PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism bisacsh Geschichte Gesellschaft Television and politics Germany (East) Television Social aspects Germany (East) Television broadcasting Germany (East) History Socialism and society Germany (East) HISTORY / Europe / Germany SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism Ost-West-Konflikt (DE-588)4075770-5 gnd rswk-swf Fernsehen (DE-588)4016825-6 gnd rswk-swf Sozialismus (DE-588)4055785-6 gnd rswk-swf Darstellung (DE-588)4200624-7 gnd rswk-swf Deutschland Europa Deutschland DDR (DE-588)4011890-3 gnd rswk-swf (DE-588)4113937-9 Hochschulschrift gnd-content Deutschland DDR (DE-588)4011890-3 g Fernsehen (DE-588)4016825-6 s Sozialismus (DE-588)4055785-6 s Geschichte 1950-1970 z DE-604 Ost-West-Konflikt (DE-588)4075770-5 s Darstellung (DE-588)4200624-7 s Geschichte 1949-1961 z Geschichte 1952-1965 z Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover 978-0-472-11919-6 |
| spellingShingle | Gumbert, Heather L. Envisioning socialism television and the Cold War in the German Democratic Republic Deutscher Fernsehfunk History HISTORY / Europe / Germany bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies bisacsh PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism bisacsh Geschichte Gesellschaft Television and politics Germany (East) Television Social aspects Germany (East) Television broadcasting Germany (East) History Socialism and society Germany (East) HISTORY / Europe / Germany SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism Ost-West-Konflikt (DE-588)4075770-5 gnd Fernsehen (DE-588)4016825-6 gnd Sozialismus (DE-588)4055785-6 gnd Darstellung (DE-588)4200624-7 gnd |
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| title | Envisioning socialism television and the Cold War in the German Democratic Republic |
| title_auth | Envisioning socialism television and the Cold War in the German Democratic Republic |
| title_exact_search | Envisioning socialism television and the Cold War in the German Democratic Republic |
| title_full | Envisioning socialism television and the Cold War in the German Democratic Republic Heather L. Gumbert |
| title_fullStr | Envisioning socialism television and the Cold War in the German Democratic Republic Heather L. Gumbert |
| title_full_unstemmed | Envisioning socialism television and the Cold War in the German Democratic Republic Heather L. Gumbert |
| title_short | Envisioning socialism |
| title_sort | envisioning socialism television and the cold war in the german democratic republic |
| title_sub | television and the Cold War in the German Democratic Republic |
| topic | Deutscher Fernsehfunk History HISTORY / Europe / Germany bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies bisacsh PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism bisacsh Geschichte Gesellschaft Television and politics Germany (East) Television Social aspects Germany (East) Television broadcasting Germany (East) History Socialism and society Germany (East) HISTORY / Europe / Germany SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism Ost-West-Konflikt (DE-588)4075770-5 gnd Fernsehen (DE-588)4016825-6 gnd Sozialismus (DE-588)4055785-6 gnd Darstellung (DE-588)4200624-7 gnd |
| topic_facet | Deutscher Fernsehfunk History HISTORY / Europe / Germany SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism Geschichte Gesellschaft Television and politics Germany (East) Television Social aspects Germany (East) Television broadcasting Germany (East) History Socialism and society Germany (East) Ost-West-Konflikt Fernsehen Sozialismus Darstellung Deutschland Europa Deutschland DDR Hochschulschrift |
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