Belonging in the Two Berlins

John Borneman

Cambridge University Press, 1992

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This is an ethnographic investigation into the meaning of German selfhood during the Cold War. Borneman shows how ideas of kin, state, and nation were constructed through processes of mirror imaging and misrecognition. Using linguistics and narrative analysis he compares the autobiographies of two generations of Berlin's residents with the official versions prescribed by the two German states.

ISBN-13
9780521427159
ISBN-10
0521427150
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1992
Publication date
1992-10-15
Pages
408
Dimensions
236x158x28
Weight
664