Belonging in the Two Berlins Kin, State, Nation |
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| Author:
| Borneman, John H. |
| Contribution by:
| Fortes, Meyer
Goody, Jack
Leach, Edmund
Tambiah, Stanley J. |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-42715-9 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1992 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $99.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.