At the Edge of the Wall : : Public and Private Spheres in Divided Berlin / / Hanno Hochmuth.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2021
• VerfasserIn: Hochmuth, Hanno,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Contemporary European History ; 26
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (358 p.)

Located in the geographical center of Berlin, the neighboring boroughs of Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg shared a history and identity until their fortunes diverged dramatically following the construction of the Berlin Wall, which placed them within opposing political systems. This revealing account of the two municipal districts before, during and after the Cold War takes a microhistorical approach to investigate the broader historical trajectories of East and West Berlin, with particular attention to housing, religion, and leisure. Merged in 2001, they now comprise a single neighborhood that bears the traces of these complex histories and serves as an illuminating case study of urban renewal, gentrification, and other social processes that continue to reshape Berlin.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Map of Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I Before the Wall -- Chapter 1 HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS -- PART II Housing -- Chapter 2 HOUSING AS A CONSTITUTIVE FIELD OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPHERES -- Chapter 3 THE LONG “GESTATION PERIOD” OF TENEMENT BUILDINGS: SORAUER STRASSE -- Chapter 4 THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPHERE IN URBAN TRANSFORMATION: STRASSE DER PARISER KOMMUNE -- Chapter 5 KREUZBERG COUNTER-PUBLIC SPHERES -- Chapter 6 NEIGHBORHOOD APPROPRIATION IN FRIEDRICHSHAIN -- PART III The Church -- Chapter 7 THE CHURCH AS A CONSTITUTIVE FIELD OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPHERES -- Chapter 8 CHURCH AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC SPHERE IN KREUZBERG -- Chapter 9 THE CHURCH AS A SURROGATE PUBLIC SPHERE IN FRIEDRICHSHAIN -- PART IV Entertainment -- Chapter 10 ENTERTAINMENT AS A CONSTITUTIVE FIELD OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPHERES -- Chapter 11 NEIGHBORHOOD ENTERTAINMENT: FRUCHTSTRASSE TAVERNS -- Chapter 12 THE DIVERSIFICATION OF KREUZBERG BAR CULTURE -- Chapter 13 FESTIVAL CULTURE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST -- PART V After the Wall -- Chapter 14 PERSPECTIVES: FRIEDRICHSHAIN AND KREUZBERG IN TRANSFORMATION SINCE 1989–90 -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF STREETS -- INDEX OF PERSONS