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Record Nr.

UNISA996333144803316

Autore

Ward Simon <1969->

Titolo

Urban Memory and Visual Culture in Berlin / Simon Ward

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

90-485-2704-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Cities and cultures

Classificazione

LK 16678

Disciplina

943/.155

Soggetti

Städtebau

Kulturelle Identität

Denkmal

Architektur

Motion pictures

Memorials

Collective memory

Civilization

Memorials - Germany - Berlin

Collective memory - Germany - Berlin

Art.

Berlin

Germany Berlin

Berlin (Germany) Civilization 20th century

Berlin (Germany) In art

Berlin (Germany) In motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : Berlin and the question of 'urban memory' -- Remembering the 'murdered city' : Berlin 1957-1974 -- 'Place memory work' in Berlin 1975-1989 -- The remembered city on display, 1984-1993 -- In search of a city? Urban memory in unified Berlin -- Conclusion: the collectives of contemporary urban memory.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book examines the crucial role of visual culture (architecture,



memorials, photography and film) in shaping Berlin's urban memory culture in both East and West in response to the changing political, social and economic organization of the built environment over the past five decades."