{"product_id":"remembering-1989-future-archives-of-public-protest-paperback","title":"Remembering 1989: Future Archives of Public Protest - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnke Pinkert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis account of the \"laboratory of radical democracy\" in the months before East Germany's absorption in the West challenges memories of Germany's reunification.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For many, 1989 is an iconic date, one we associate with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War. The year prompts some to rue the defeat of socialism in the East, while others celebrate a victory for democracy and capitalism in the reunified Germany. \u003ci\u003eRemembering 1989\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on a largely forgotten interregnum: the months between the outbreak of protests in the German Democratic Republic in 1989 and its absorption by the West in 1990. Anke Pinkert, who herself participated in those protests, recalls these months as a volatile but joyous \"laboratory of radical democracy,\" and tells the story of how and why this \"time out of joint\" has been erased from Germany's national memory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRemembering\u003c\/i\u003e 1989 argues that in order to truly understand Germany's historic transformation, we must revisit protesters' actions across a wide range of minor, vernacular, and often transient sources. Drawing on rich archives including videotapes of untelevised protests, illegally printed petitions by Church leaders, audio recordings of dissident meetings, and interview footage with military troops, Pinkert opens the discarded history of East European social uprisings to new interpretations and imagines alternatives to Germany's neoliberal status quo. The result is a vivid, unexpected contribution to memory studies and European history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnke Pinkert\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of German and media and cinema studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she is also the Head of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMemory and Film in East Germany\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773248405792,"sku":"9780226835334","price":59.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6d0dac8bde5201e82585a8eeb7f2aaca_1e3b73c2-5f62-479d-9440-edcc31acdbf2.webp?v=1780423126","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/remembering-1989-future-archives-of-public-protest-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}