
Four-Color Communism
Comic Books and Contested Power in the German Democratic Republic
Sean Eedy(Autor*in)
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
1. Auflage
Erschienen am 3. Februar 2021
230 Seiten
978-1-80539-445-7 (ISBN)
Systemvoraussetzungen
für ePUB mit Wasserzeichen-DRM
E-Book Einzellizenz
Bei dem Kauf dieses E-Books erwerben Sie eine Einzel-Lizenz für eine natürliche Person, die nicht übertragbar ist. [L]
Als Download verfügbar
Beschreibung
As with all other forms of popular culture, comics in East Germany were tightly controlled by the state. Comics were employed as extensions of the regime's educational system, delivering official ideology so as to develop the "socialist personality" of young people and generate enthusiasm for state socialism. The East German children who avidly read these comics, however, found their own meanings in and projected their own desires upon them. Four-Color Communism gives a lively account of East German comics from both perspectives, showing how the perceived freedoms they embodied created expectations that ultimately limited the regime's efforts to bring readers into the fold.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"Eedy's monograph is extremely successful in providing an account of the role of comics in East German state power. It is an accessible and readable work that requires little prior knowledge of the historical content and yet also offers much to those well versed in its themes and debates. Most beneficial beyond comics scholarship are its additions to the existing scholarship on East Germany and communist and totalitarian regimes more broadly. Scholars working on state power in East Germany and beyond will find much of use here." * European Comic Art"Four-Color Communism is a solid work of scholarship on east German media studies, and east German comics in particular. Eedy engages with the broader field of GDR studies, always situating his arguments within broader theoretical and historical contexts. This ensures that the book will be of interest to scholars of the GDR who are unfamiliar with, or not primarily concerned with, comics. While Eedy does not present an exhaustive history of east German comics- nor does he claim to-his work is useful within comics studies for making east German comics more accessible to an English-language audience and bringing seminal publications like Mosaik into the larger conversation on international comics." * The German Quarterly
"This is an excellent book that fills a major gap in scholarship on German-language comics history and provides a useful analysis of the East German state's methods of managing popular culture and leisure time." * Paul M. Malone, University of Waterloo
"Four-Color Communism is a welcome addition to the field of GDR studies, as well as studies on education. It's well-written, very readable, and compelling." * Benita Blessing, Oregon State University
Weitere Details
Auflage
1. Auflage
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Oxford
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Illustrationen
Bibliography; Index; 14 Illustrations
ISBN-13
978-1-80539-445-7 (9781805394457)
DOI
10.3167/9781800730007
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Weitere Ausgaben
Person
Sean Eedy holds a doctorate in history from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. His publications include articles and chapters on comic book representations of the Holocaust, animated DEFA adaptations of Brothers Grimm's Fairy Tales, and time travel and historical representation in the work of Hannes Hegen. Sean is currently an independent researcher and part-time professor in the Department of History at Trent University.
Inhalt
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations and Terms
Introduction: Comics at the Intersection of State Power and Childhood
Chapter 1. Comics and the Crisis of Kultur in the SED State
Chapter 2. State Power and the East German Zeitgeist
Chapter 3. Power, Eigensinn, and the Construction of Space through Comics
Chapter 4. Escape, Escapism, and the Cultural Imperialism of Comic Book Travel in Mosaik and Atze
Chapter 5. Western Influence, Popular Taste, and the Limitations of the FDJ's Publishing Regime
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations and Terms
Introduction: Comics at the Intersection of State Power and Childhood
Chapter 1. Comics and the Crisis of Kultur in the SED State
Chapter 2. State Power and the East German Zeitgeist
Chapter 3. Power, Eigensinn, and the Construction of Space through Comics
Chapter 4. Escape, Escapism, and the Cultural Imperialism of Comic Book Travel in Mosaik and Atze
Chapter 5. Western Influence, Popular Taste, and the Limitations of the FDJ's Publishing Regime
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Systemvoraussetzungen
Dateiformat: ePUB
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen-DRM (Digital Rights Management)
Systemvoraussetzungen:
- Computer (Windows; MacOS X; Linux): Verwenden Sie eine Lese-Software, die das Dateiformat ePUB verarbeiten kann: z.B. Adobe Digital Editions oder FBReader – beide kostenlos (siehe E-Book Hilfe).
- Tablet/Smartphone (Android; iOS): Installieren Sie die App Adobe Digital Editions oder eine andere Leseapp für E-Books, z.B. PocketBook (siehe E-Book Hilfe).
- E-Book-Reader: Bookeen, Kobo, Pocketbook, Sony, Tolino u.v.a.m.
Das Dateiformat ePUB ist sehr gut für Romane und Sachbücher geeignet - also für „fließenden” Text ohne komplexes Layout. Bei E-Readern oder Smartphones passt sich der Zeilen- und Seitenumbruch automatisch den kleinen Displays an.
Mit Wasserzeichen-DRM wird hier ein „weicher” Kopierschutz verwendet. Daher ist technisch zwar alles möglich – sogar eine unzulässige Weitergabe. Aber an sichtbaren und unsichtbaren Stellen wird der Käufer des E-Books als Wasserzeichen hinterlegt, sodass im Falle eines Missbrauchs die Spur zurückverfolgt werden kann.
Weitere Informationen finden Sie in unserer E-Book Hilfe.