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Communism's public sphere : culture as politics in Cold War Poland and East Germany / Kyrill Kunakhovich.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kunakhovich, Kyrill, author.
- Series:
- Cornell scholarship online.
- Cornell scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communism and culture--Poland--Kraków--History--20th century.
- Communism and culture.
- Communism and culture--Germany--Leipzig--History--20th century.
- Politics and culture--Poland--Kraków--History--20th century.
- Politics and culture.
- Politics and culture--Germany--Leipzig--History--20th century.
- Poland--Cultural policy.
- Poland.
- Germany (East)--Cultural policy.
- Germany (East).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (354 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- Communism's Public Sphere explores the political role of cultural spaces in the Eastern Bloc. Under communist regimes that banned free speech, political discussions shifted to spaces of art: theaters, galleries, concert halls, and youth clubs. Kyrill Kunakhovich shows how these venues turned into sites of dialogue and contestation. While officials used them to spread the communist message, artists and audiences often flouted state policy and championed alternative visions. Cultural spaces therefore came to function as a public sphere, or a rare outlet for discussing public affairs. Focusing on Krakow in Poland and Leipzig in East Germany, Communism's Public Sphere sheds new light on state-society interactions in the Eastern Bloc.
- Contents:
- Takeover : Reconstruction as Revolution
- Planning : Cultural Mass Work and Workers' Productivity
- Nationalism : Public Protest and the Birth of National Communism
- Pluralism : Individual Choice and Public Opinion Polling
- Consumerism : Cultured Consumption and Its Limits
- Reform : The Promise and Peril of Controlled Revolt
- Dissent : Normalization and Its Discontents
- Protest : Spaces of Opposition, Spaces of Dialogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Also issued in print: 2022.
- ISBN:
- 9781501767067
- 1501767062
- OCLC:
- 1341400540
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