03883 am 22007693u 450 991014147170332120210513000324.090-485-1565-310.1515/9789048515653(CKB)2670000000334441(EBL)1773729(SSID)ssj0000832567(PQKBManifestationID)12426064(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000832567(PQKBWorkID)10900778(PQKB)11261014(OCoLC)829905896(OCoLC)995255862(MdBmJHUP)muse76716(DE-B1597)502607(DE-B1597)9789048515653(UkCbUP)CR9789048515653(Au-PeEL)EBL1773729(CaPaEBR)ebr10661284(CaONFJC)MIL552067(OCoLC)923708886(MiAaPQ)EBC1773729(EXLCZ)99267000000033444120120508d2012 uy 0engurcn#nnn|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMaterial fantasies[electronic resource] expectations of the western consumer world among the East Germans /Milena VeenisAmsterdam Amsterdam University Press20121 online resource (280 pages) illustrationsTechnology and European History ;6Technology and European history series ;6Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021).90-8964-400-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-275) and index.Front matter --Preface --Contents --Introduction --Chapter 1.Fieldwork --Chapter 2.Germany 1945: A Country In Ruins --Chapter 3.The GDR: Future Promises --Chapter 4.Material Realizations --Chapter 5.The East German Dictatorship --Chapter 6.Silenced Pasts --Chapter 7.Western Promise --Chapter 8.Shattered Illusions --Conclusion --Notes --Bibliography --IndexIn 1989 news broadcasts all over the world were dominated for weeks by images of East Germans crossing the Berlin Wall to West Germany. But what did the East Germans expect to find when they excitedly broke through the Wall? And what did they actually find when they made it over to the other side? This study draws on fifteen months of research into both the lives of East Germans before the fall of communism and their fast-changing world after they embraced capitalism. Grounded in powerful anthropological insights, Milena Veenis argues persuasively that national identifications and the bond between state and citizenry in both East and West Germany over the past twenty years has been shaped by the far-fetched, socialist and capitalist promises of consumption as the road to ultimate well-being. These promises also functioned as a way to cover up the more shameful and dirty aspects of both countries history and social life.Technology and European history series.Post-communismGermany (East)Consumption (Economics)Germany (East)Quality of lifeGermany (West)Quality of lifeGermany (East)Germany (East)RelationsGermany (West)Germany (West)RelationsGermany (East)GermanyHistoryUnification, 1990GermanySocial conditions1990-Post-communismConsumption (Economics)Quality of lifeQuality of life306.30943109045Veenis Milena801879Stichting Historie der Techniek.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910141471703321Material Fantasies1803141UNINA