Brewing socialism: coffee, East Germans, and 20th century globalization

"Placing coffee at the center of its analysis, Brewing Socialism links East Germany's consumption and food culture to its relationship to the wider world. Andrew Kloiber reveals the ways that everyday cultural practices surrounding coffee drinking not only connected East Germans to a globa...

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1. Verfasser: Kloiber, Andrew (VerfasserIn)
Format: Abschlussarbeit Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York ; Oxford Berghahn 2023
Schriftenreihe:Studies in German history volume 27
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Zusammenfassung:"Placing coffee at the center of its analysis, Brewing Socialism links East Germany's consumption and food culture to its relationship to the wider world. Andrew Kloiber reveals the ways that everyday cultural practices surrounding coffee drinking not only connected East Germans to a global system of exchange, but also perpetuated a set of traditions and values which fit uneasily into the Socialist Unity Party's conceptualization of a modern Socialist Utopia. Sifting through the relationship between material culture and ideology, this unique work examines the complex tapestry of traditions, history and cultural values that underpinned the socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR)"
Beschreibung:Quellen- und Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 190-201. - Register: Seite 202-206
Beschreibung:xiii, 206 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781800736696