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Four-Color Communism: Comic Books and Contested Power in the German Democratic Republic
Four-Color Communism: Comic Books and Contested Power in the German Democratic Republic
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Comics in East Germany were tightly controlled by the state, used to deliver official ideology and generate enthusiasm for state socialism, but East German children found their own meanings and projected their own desires upon them, limiting the regimes efforts to bring readers into the fold.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 230 pages
Publication date: 05 July 2024
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Comics in East Germany were tightly controlled by the state, serving as extensions of the regime's educational system to develop the "socialist personality" of young people and generate enthusiasm for state socialism. However, East German children who avidly read these comics found their own meanings in them and projected their own desires upon them. Four-Color Communism provides a lively account of East German comics from both perspectives, showing how the perceived freedoms they embodied created expectations that ultimately limited the regimes efforts to bring readers into the fold.
Weight: 344g
Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781805393368
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