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At first glance, romance seems an improbable angle from which to write a cultural history of the German Democratic Republic. By most accounts the GDR was among the most dour and disciplined of socialist states, so devoted to the rigors of Stalinist aesthetics that the notion of an East German romantic comedy was more likely to generate punch lines than lines at the box office.But in fact, as John Urang shows in Legal Tender, love was freighted as a privileged site for the negotiation and reorganization of a surprising array of issues in East German public culture between 1949 and 1989. Through close readings of a diverse selection of films and novels from the former GDR, Urang offers an eye-opening account of the ideological stakes of love stories in East German culture. Throughout its forty-year existence the East German state was plagued with an ongoing problem of legitimacy. The love story's unique and unpredictable mix of stabilizing and subversive effects gave it a peculiar status in the cultural sphere.Urang shows how love stories could mediate the problem of social stratification, providing a language with which to discuss the experience of class antagonism without undermining the Party's legitimacy. But for the Party there was danger in borrowing legitimacy from the romantic plot: the love story's destabilizing influences of desire and drive could just as easily disrupt as reconcile. A unique contribution to German studies, Legal Tender offers remarkable insights into the uses and capacities of romance in modern Western culture.

German fiction -- Germany (East) -- History and criticism. --- Germany (East) -- Civilization. --- Love -- Social aspects -- Germany (East). --- Love in literature. --- Love in motion pictures. --- Love stories, German -- Germany (East) -- History and criticism. --- Romance films -- Germany (East) -- History. --- Romance fiction, German --- German fiction --- Romance films --- Love in literature --- Love in motion pictures --- Love --- Languages & Literatures --- Germanic Literature --- History and criticism --- History --- Social aspects --- Love stories, German --- History and criticism. --- History. --- Germany (East) --- Civilization. --- Affection --- Chick flicks --- Love films --- Hollywood romance films --- Romance (Motion pictures) --- Romance movies --- Romance pictures (Motion pictures) --- Romantic films --- Romantic movies --- German romance fiction --- Germany (Democratic Republic, 1949- ) --- Deutsche Demokratische Republik --- Tyske demokratiske republik --- Democratic German Republic --- German Democratic Republic --- East German Democratic Republic --- East Germany (Democratic Republic) --- DDR --- Germanskai︠a︡ Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Nĕmecká demokratická republika --- NDR --- Nimet︠s︡ʹka Demokratychna Respublika --- GDR --- Niemiecka Republika Demokratyczna --- NRD --- Német Demokratikus Köztársaság --- NDK --- Tyska demokratiska republiken --- Östtyskland --- Republica Democrată Germană --- Repubblica democratica tedesca --- Germany (Democratic Republic) --- D.D.R. --- N.D.R. --- G.D.R. --- N.R.D. --- N.D.K. --- República Democrática Alemana --- RDA --- R.D.A. --- Ostdeutschland --- Eastern Germany --- Cộng hòa dân chủ Đức --- Emotions --- First loves --- Friendship --- Intimacy (Psychology) --- Motion pictures --- Germany --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : British Zone) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : French Zone) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : Russian Zone) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone) --- Germany (West) --- Literature: history & criticism

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More than two decades of deconstruction, renovation, and reconstruction have left the urban environments in the former German Democratic Republic completely transformed. This volume considers the changing urban landscapes in the former East - and how the filling of previous absences and the absence of previous presence - creates the cultural landscape of modern unified Germany. This broadens our understanding of this transformation by examining often-neglected cities, spaces, or structures, and historical narration and preservation.

Cities and towns --- Villes --- History --- Histoire --- Germany (East) --- Germany --- Allemagne (Est) --- Allemagne --- Economic conditions --- Conditions économiques --- Global cities --- Municipalities --- Towns --- Urban areas --- Urban systems --- Human settlements --- Sociology, Urban --- History. --- Germany (Democratic Republic, 1949- ) --- Deutsche Demokratische Republik --- Tyske demokratiske republik --- Democratic German Republic --- German Democratic Republic --- East German Democratic Republic --- East Germany (Democratic Republic) --- DDR --- Germanskai︠a︡ Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Nĕmecká demokratická republika --- NDR --- Nimet︠s︡ʹka Demokratychna Respublika --- GDR --- Niemiecka Republika Demokratyczna --- NRD --- Német Demokratikus Köztársaság --- NDK --- Tyska demokratiska republiken --- Östtyskland --- Republica Democrată Germană --- Repubblica democratica tedesca --- Germany (Democratic Republic) --- D.D.R. --- N.D.R. --- G.D.R. --- N.R.D. --- N.D.K. --- República Democrática Alemana --- RDA --- R.D.A. --- Ostdeutschland --- Eastern Germany --- Cộng hòa dân chủ Đức --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : British Zone) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : French Zone) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : Russian Zone) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone) --- Germany (West) --- Regional disparities.

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Germany --- Germany (East) --- Social policy --- Social conditions --- Germany (Democratic Republic, 1949- ) --- Deutsche Demokratische Republik --- Tyske demokratiske republik --- Democratic German Republic --- German Democratic Republic --- East German Democratic Republic --- East Germany (Democratic Republic) --- DDR --- Germanskai︠a︡ Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Nĕmecká demokratická republika --- NDR --- Nimet︠s︡ʹka Demokratychna Respublika --- GDR --- Niemiecka Republika Demokratyczna --- NRD --- Német Demokratikus Köztársaság --- NDK --- Tyska demokratiska republiken --- Östtyskland --- Republica Democrată Germană --- Repubblica democratica tedesca --- Germany (Democratic Republic) --- D.D.R. --- N.D.R. --- G.D.R. --- N.R.D. --- N.D.K. --- República Democrática Alemana --- RDA --- R.D.A. --- Ostdeutschland --- Eastern Germany --- Cộng hòa dân chủ Đức --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : British Zone) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : French Zone) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : Russian Zone) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone) --- Germany (West) --- Alemania --- Ashkenaz --- BRD --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls --- Bundesrepublik Deutschland --- Deguo --- 德国 --- Deutsches Reich --- Deutschland --- Doitsu --- Doitsu Renpō Kyōwakoku --- Federal Republic of Germany --- Federalʹna Respublika Nimechchyny --- FRN --- Gėrman --- German Uls --- Герман Улс --- Germania --- Germanii︠a︡ --- Germanyah --- Gjermani --- Grossdeutsches Reich --- Jirmānīya --- KhBNGU --- Kholboony Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls --- Nimechchyna --- Repoblika Federalin'i Alemana --- República de Alemania --- República Federal de Alemania --- Republika Federal Alemmana --- Vācijā --- Veĭmarskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Weimar Republic --- Weimarer Republik --- ХБНГУ --- Германия --- جرمانيا --- ドイツ --- ドイツ連邦共和国 --- ドイツ レンポウ キョウワコク --- Holy Roman Empire

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Germany --- Germany (East) --- Economic policy --- Economic conditions --- History --- Germany (Democratic Republic, 1949- ) --- Deutsche Demokratische Republik --- Tyske demokratiske republik --- Democratic German Republic --- German Democratic Republic --- East German Democratic Republic --- East Germany (Democratic Republic) --- DDR --- Germanskai︠a︡ Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Nĕmecká demokratická republika --- NDR --- Nimet︠s︡ʹka Demokratychna Respublika --- GDR --- Niemiecka Republika Demokratyczna --- NRD --- Német Demokratikus Köztársaság --- NDK --- Tyska demokratiska republiken --- Östtyskland --- Republica Democrată Germană --- Repubblica democratica tedesca --- Germany (Democratic Republic) --- D.D.R. --- N.D.R. --- G.D.R. --- N.R.D. --- N.D.K. --- República Democrática Alemana --- RDA --- R.D.A. --- Ostdeutschland --- Eastern Germany --- Cộng hòa dân chủ Đức --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : British Zone) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : French Zone) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : Russian Zone) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone) --- Germany (West) --- Alemania --- Ashkenaz --- BRD --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls --- Bundesrepublik Deutschland --- Deguo --- 德国 --- Deutsches Reich --- Deutschland --- Doitsu --- Doitsu Renpō Kyōwakoku --- Federal Republic of Germany --- Federalʹna Respublika Nimechchyny --- FRN --- Gėrman --- German Uls --- Герман Улс --- Germania --- Germanii︠a︡ --- Germanyah --- Gjermani --- Grossdeutsches Reich --- Jirmānīya --- KhBNGU --- Kholboony Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls --- Nimechchyna --- Repoblika Federalin'i Alemana --- República de Alemania --- República Federal de Alemania --- Republika Federal Alemmana --- Vācijā --- Veĭmarskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Weimar Republic --- Weimarer Republik --- ХБНГУ --- Германия --- جرمانيا --- ドイツ --- ドイツ連邦共和国 --- ドイツ レンポウ キョウワコク --- Holy Roman Empire

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Economic history --- Germany (West) --- Germany (East) --- Economic conditions --- Economic history. --- Economics. --- Germany. --- History, Economic --- 1949 --- -Alemania Federal --- B.R.D. --- Batı Almanya --- Bondsrepubliek Duitsland --- BRD --- Bundesrepublik Deutschland --- F.R.G. --- Federal Almanya --- Federal Republic of Germany --- Federativnai︠a︡ Respublika Germanii --- FRG --- G.F.R. --- German Federal Republic --- Germanskai︠a︡ Federalʹnai︠a︡ Respublika --- Germany --- GFR --- Hsi-te cheng fu --- Ḥukūmat Almānyā al-Ittiḥādīyah --- N.R.F. --- N.S.R. --- N.Sz.K. --- Nĕmecká spolková republika --- Német Szövetségi Köztársaság --- Niemiecka Republika Federalna --- NRF --- NSR --- NSzK --- R.F.A. --- R.F.N. --- Repubblica federale di Germania --- Repubblica federale tedesca --- República Federal de Alemania --- Republik Federasi Jerman --- Republika Federalna Niemiec --- Republiḳah ha-federalit ha-Germanit --- République fédérale allemande --- République fédérale d'Allemagne --- RFA --- RFN --- Te-i-chih lien pang kung ho kuo --- Tyske forbundsrepublik --- West Germany --- Western Germany --- Cộng hòa dân chủ Đức --- D.D.R. --- DDR --- Democratic German Republic --- Deutsche Demokratische Republik --- East German Democratic Republic --- East Germany --- Eastern Germany --- G.D.R. --- GDR --- German Democratic Republic --- Germanskai︠a︡ Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika --- N.D.K. --- N.D.R. --- N.R.D. --- NDK --- NDR --- Nĕmecká demokratická republika --- Német Demokratikus Köztársaság --- Niemiecka Republika Demokratyczna --- Nimet︠s︡ʹka Demokratychna Respublika --- NRD --- Ostdeutschland --- Östtyskland --- R.D.A. --- RDA --- Repubblica democratica tedesca --- Republica Democrată Germană --- República Democrática Alemana --- Tyska demokratiska republiken --- Tyske demokratiske republik --- Germany (Democratic Republic, 1949- ) --- East Germany (Democratic Republic) --- Germany (Democratic Republic) --- Germany (Federal Republic, 1949- ) --- West Germany (1949-1990) --- Germany (Federal Republic) --- Alemania Federal --- Economics --- -Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : British Zone) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : French Zone) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : Russian Zone) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone) --- Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955) --- -Federativnai͡a Respublika Germanii --- Germanskai͡a Federalʹnai͡a Respublika --- Germanskai͡a Demokraticheskai͡a Respublika --- Nimet͡sʹka Demokratychna Respublika --- Republica Democrată German --- Cộng hòa dân chủ Đức --- Germanskai︠a︡ Demokraticheskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Nĕmecká demokratická republika --- Német Demokratikus Köztársaság --- Nimet︠s︡ʹka Demokratychna Respublika --- Östtyskland --- Republica Democrată Germană --- República Democrática Alemana --- Cộng hòa dân chủ Đức