A wall of our own : an American history of the Berlin Wall / Paul M. Farber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farber, Paul M., 1982- author.

Series:

Studies in United States culture.

North Carolina scholarship online.

Studies in United States culture

North Carolina scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989, in art.

Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989--In popular culture.

Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.

Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989, in literature.

Politics and culture--United States--History--20th century.

Politics and culture.

Arts, American--20th century--Themes, motives.

Arts, American.

Cold War--Social aspects.

Cold War.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]

Summary:

The Berlin Wall is arguably the most prominent symbol of the Cold War era. Its construction in 1961 and its dismantling in 1989 are broadly understood as pivotal moments in the history of the last century. In 'A Wall of Our Own', Paul M. Farber traces the Berlin Wall as a site of pilgrimage for American artists, writers, and activists.

Contents:

Roadmap: American Berliners

Segregated sectors: Leonard Freed, the Berlin crisis, and the color line

Walls turned sideways are bridges: Angela Davis, Cold War Berliners, and imprisoned freedom struggles

Scaling the wall: Shinkichi Tajiri, exiled sculpture, and the reconstruction of the Berlin Wall

Midnight crossings: Audre Lorde, intersectional poetics, and the politics of historical memory

Returns: 1989 and beyond.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908485-8-1

979-88-908485-9-8

1-4696-5509-8

1-4696-5510-1

OCLC:

1141094001