Transformations of the New Germany

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Introduction....Pages 1-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Intellectuals, the “Third Way,” and German Unification....Pages 15-34
The Rebirth of Tragedy: Syberberg, Strauß, and German Identity....Pages 35-53
Fear and Loathing after 9/11: German Intellectuals and the America-Debate....Pages 55-68
“Are the Towers Still Standing?” September 11 and the Resurrection of the Literary Intellectual....Pages 69-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Born in the “Bakschischrepublik”: Anthems of the Late GDR....Pages 89-111
Spies, Shell Games, and Bananas: Everyday Symbols and Metaphors in the Process of Cultural Integration of East and West Germany....Pages 113-129
Club Cola and Co. : Ostalgie, Material Culture and Identity....Pages 131-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Aussiedler and Ausländer: Transforming German National Identity....Pages 157-179
Germany’s Coming Out: Citizenship and Immigration Reform since Unification....Pages 181-197
(Re)constructing Community in Berlin: Turks, Jews, and German Responsibility....Pages 199-232
Perpetual Impossibility? Normalization of German-Jewish Relations in the Berlin Republic....Pages 233-249
Back Matter....Pages 251-254