Bringing Culture to the Masses : : Control, Compromise and Participation in the GDR / / Esther von Richthofen.
Cultural life in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) was strictly controlled by the ruling party, the SED, who attempted to dictate how people spent their free time by prohibiting privately organized leisure time pursuits and offering instead cultural activities in state institutions and org...
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- Prelude NONCONFORMITY, COERCION AND ALIENATION: THE 1950S -- PART I Bending the Rules While Upholding the Structures: Cultural Functionaries -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 NEITHER PUPPETS NOR OPPONENTS -- Chapter 2 ORGANISING CULTURE Compromise and Communication -- PART II Attempted Self-determination – Pursuing an Interest: The Participants -- Chapter 3 PATTERNS OF PARTICIPATION -- Chapter 4 COMMUNICATION WITH CULTURAL FUNCTIONARIES -- PART III From Utopianism to Pragmatism: Cultural Policy -- Chapter 5 RESPONDING TO DEVELOPMENTS AT THE GRASS ROOTS -- Chapter 6 FROM ART TO CULTURE -- Aftermath BREAKDOWN OF COMMUNICATION: THE LATE 1970S AND 1980S -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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