Cultural Transformations in the New Germany American and German Perspectives - Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture

"Cultural Transformations" provides an unusual look at cultural issues in Germany since the opening of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. Literary critics, political scientists, regional historians, and people working in cultural politics consider a broad range of cultural topics, addressing the difficulties and opportunities involved in the recent processes of transformation in both parts of Germany.;The scope of this volume also reflects the continuing reorientation of German studies in the United States which have become less centered on literature and more concerned with broader cultural issues. The essays talk not only about people and institutions in former East Germany, but also provide perspectives by people working in the East. In fact the contributions are fairly evenly divided among East and West Germans, Americans, and Germans living in the United States.;The book offers new assessments of GDR literature and concrete accounts of new cultural projects in Berlin and the state of Saxony. the book will be of interest not only to Germanists and political scientists but also to those interested in phenomena associated with the rapidly changing face of Europe in general.