Das DDR-Handbuch. The East German Handbook

About the book: The Wende Museum in Los Angeles houses one of the world's largest collections of artifacts from the GDR. This volume shows over 2000 of them, design objects and everyday items, Stasi relics, propaganda, advertising, fashion, state-bearing and dissident, quirky and tragic from the worker, farmer, and bigwig state. Based on our XL volume, the most comprehensive overview to date of the visual and material culture of the GDR, this affordable new edition shows the fascinating remnants of a lost world.

Biography: Justinian Jampol is founder and executive director of the Wende Museum in Los Angeles. His work focuses on Visual Cultural Studies and the connection between contemporary art and Cold War iconography. Jampol studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, and received his doctorate in Modern History from Oxford University. He has curated several exhibitions, produced two documentaries on the Cold War, and realized various urban art projects, including The Wall Project. His articles and work have been published or recognized in The Atlantic, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and The New York Times.

Pages: 816
EDITOR AND AUTHOR: Justinian Jampol
First publication: 15/11/2017
Language of the book: Multilingual (English, German)
Edition: GBD
ISBN: 978-3-8365-6520-2
Themes: Architecture & Design and Pop Culture
Dimensions: 16.5 cm x 24.0 cm, Weight 1.75 kg

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