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Communism's Public Sphere: Culture as Politics in Cold War Poland and East Germany

Communism's Public Sphere: Culture as Politics in Cold War Poland and East Germany

Kunakhovich, Kyrill

Hardcover

German HistoryPolish HistorySocial Movements

ISBN10: 1501767046
ISBN13: 9781501767043
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: Jan 15 2023
Pages: 354
Weight: 1.48
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Communism's Public Sphere explores the political role of cultural spaces in the Eastern Bloc. Under communist regimes that banned free speech, political discussions shifted to spaces of art: theaters, galleries, concert halls, and youth clubs. Kyrill Kunakhovich shows how these venues turned into sites of dialogue and contestation. While officials used them to spread the communist message, artists and audiences often flouted state policy and championed alternative visions. Cultural spaces therefore came to function as a public sphere, or a rare outlet for discussing public affairs.

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