Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
290
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-10
0312230435
ISBN-13
9780312230432
Description
The "New Germany" has been aptly described as "unified but not united." In spite of political and economic unification in 1990, the social divisions between east and west Germans are as wide as ever. The contributors to this book explore the cultural and linguistic reasons for this continuing disharmony, drawing on and analyzing a wide range of evidence--from television news, dramas and talk shows, newspapers, novels, and cabaret to oral histories and job interviews.