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Material Fantasies
Milena Veenis
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Description for Material Fantasies
Paperback. This study of East German fantasies of material abundance across the border, both before and after the fall of communism, shows the close and intricate relation between ideology and fantasy in upholding social life. In 1989, news broadcasts all over the world were dominated for weeks by images of East Germans crossing the Berlin Wall to West German Series: The Technology and European History Series. Num Pages: 282 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; JFFT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 8. Weight in Grams: 545.
This study of East German fantasies of material abundance across the border, both before and after the fall of communism, shows the close and intricate relation between ideology and fantasy in upholding social life. In 1989, news broadcasts all over the world were dominated for weeks by images of East Germans crossing the Berlin Wall to West Germany. The images, representing the fall of communism and the democratic will of the people, also showed East Germans’ excitement at finally being able to enter the western consumer paradise. But what exactly had they expected to find on the other side of ... Read more
This study of East German fantasies of material abundance across the border, both before and after the fall of communism, shows the close and intricate relation between ideology and fantasy in upholding social life. In 1989, news broadcasts all over the world were dominated for weeks by images of East Germans crossing the Berlin Wall to West Germany. The images, representing the fall of communism and the democratic will of the people, also showed East Germans’ excitement at finally being able to enter the western consumer paradise. But what exactly had they expected to find on the other side of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Series
The Technology and European History Series
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
Amsterdam, Netherlands
ISBN
9789089644008
SKU
V9789089644008
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About Milena Veenis
Milena Veenis lectures in anthropology at the University of Amsterdam.
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