For roughly the first decade after the demise of the GDR, professional and popular interpretations of East German history concentrated primarily on forms of power and repression, as well as on dissent
Fulbrook (German history, U. College London, UK) and Port (history, Wayne State U.) bring together 12 essays that aim to move beyond analysis of forms of power and repression in the German Democratic
Contrary to popular perceptions, cultural heritage is not given, but constantly in the making: a construction subject to dynamic processes of (re)inventing culture within particular social formations