{"product_id":"cultural-topographies-of-the-new-berlin-9781789205220","title":"Cultural Topographies of the New Berlin","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tSince Unification and the end of the Cold War, Berlin has witnessed a series of uncommonly intense social, political, and cultural transformations. While positioning itself as a creative center populated by young and cosmopolitan global citizens, the “New Berlin” is at the same time a rich site of historical memory, defined inescapably by its past even as it articulates German and European hopes for the future. \u003cem\u003eCultural Topographies of the New Berlin\u003c\/em\u003e presents a fascinating cross-section of life in Germany’s largest city, revealing the complex ways in which globalization, ethnicity, economics, memory, and national identity inflect how its urban spaces are inhabited and depicted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“In sum,\u003c\/em\u003e Cultural Topographies of the New Berlin \u003cem\u003eis an important, fresh, and invigorating addition to Berlin scholarship, and its broad interdisciplinary scope makes it a highly recommended read for researchers and students with an interest in the many facets of Germany’s capital. Most importantly, it more than lives up to its premise and provides challenging and illuminating answers for those seeking to find out about Berlin today.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Feminist German Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…an indispensable resource for any scholar who works on Berlin, and any person who is interested in the changing dynamics of urban space. The collection is thoughtfully conceived, and extremely well edited, as many of the wide-ranging contributions are cross-referenced and intertextual. The footnotes offer a wealth of useful material and the chapter bibliographies combine to form a complete picture of English-language literature on Berlin, while highlighting relevant disciplinary sources.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• German Studies Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This timely and stimulating book provides fresh insights into many issues of today’s Berlin. Its contributions have been carefully selected and aligned with one another, and their combination makes for an entirely unique approach to the topic.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Peter McIsaac\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Michigan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tIllustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKarin Bauer and Jennifer Ruth Hosek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: CONTESTING GENTRIFICATION: SUBCULTURE TO MAINSTREAM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cultural History of Post-Wall Berlin: From Utopian Longing to Nostalgia for Babylon\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKatrina Sark\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Taking a Walk on the Wild Side: Berlin and Christiane F.’s \u003cem\u003eSecond Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSusan Ingram\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Representations and Interpretations of “The New Berlin” in Contemporary German Comics\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLynn Marie Kutch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: SPACES, MONUMENTS, AND THE APPROPRIATION OF HISTORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Reconfiguring the Spaces of the “Creative Class” in Contemporary Berlin\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSimon Ward\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Negotiating Cold War Legacies: The Discursive Ambiguity of Berlin’s Memory Sites  \u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eStefanie Eisenhuth and Scott H. Krause\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Branding the New Germany—The Brandenburg Gate and a New Kind of German Historical Amnesia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSarah Pogoda and Rüdiger Traxler\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Disappearing History: Challenges of Imagining Berlin after 1989\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAyse N. Erek and Eszter Gantner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: RE-IMAGINING INTEGRATION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Governing through “Ethnic Entrepreneurship”\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBariş Ülker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Resisting Integration: Neukölln Artist Responses to Integration Politics\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohanna Schuster-Craig\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Revival of Diasporic Hebrew in Contemporary Berlin\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHila Amit\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Berlin’s International Literature Festival: Globalizing the \u003cem\u003eBildungsbürger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMarike Janzen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART IV: BERLIN MEMORYSCAPES OF THE PRESENT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Transnational Cityscapes: Tracking Turkish-German Hi\/Stories in Postwar Berlin\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChristiane Steckenbiller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e Israeli Jews in the New Berlin: From Shoah Memories to Middle Eastern Encounters\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHadas Cohen and Dani Kranz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e Through the Eyes of Angels and Vampires: Berlin Ruins in \u003cem\u003eWings of Desire\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWe Are the Night\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePeter Gölz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Uncanny City: Berlin in International Film\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAndre Schütze\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042557591895,"sku":"9781789205220","price":30.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789205220.jpg?v=1750954635","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cultural-topographies-of-the-new-berlin-9781789205220","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}