Writing in Red - The East German Writers Union and the Role of Literary Intellectuals

This book explores how the East German Writers Union became a site for the contestation of writers' roles in GDR society with consequences well beyond the literary community.

List of contents

Introduction
German Writers Associations through 1970
Socioeconomic Functions
The Era of No Taboos? 1971-75
A Disciplining Instrument, 1976-79
Defending Peace, Defining Participation, 1979-83
Years of Resignation, 1983-85
Glasnost in the GDR? 1985-89
Coming Full Circle, 1989-90
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Thomas W. Goldstein

Product details

• Authors: Thomas W Goldstein, Thomas W. Goldstein
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781571139207
• ISBN: 978-1-57113-920-7
• No. of pages: 366
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 236 mm x 38 mm
• Weight: 739 g
• Series: German History in Context; German History in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology; Deutschland, Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Zweite Hälfte 20. Jahrhundert (1950 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Europäische Geschichte, Ostdeutschland, DDR, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Demokratische Ideologien: Sozialismus, Mitte-links