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Socialist Subjectivities works within the logics of queer time to reanimate East German subjectivities in the 1970s and 1980s beyond the narrative of the German Democratic Republic's long march towards demise. While East Germany certainly ended in dissolution, not all East Germans experienced late socialism in a singular manner. Rather, even after a generation of building socialism, East Germans under Honecker continued to pursue a range of socialist presents and a multiplicity of socialist futures up to and beyond 1989. This edited volume utilizes queer temporalities to interrogate how individuals lived non-normative possibilities in a highly normative world.
Whether one was an apparatchik, artist, or alcoholic, the everyday interactions, experiences, and rituals of late socialism proved crucial to establishing the conditions around which subjecthood was constructed. Despite stereotypes of apathy and inertia, East Germans lent a considerable dynamism to their society, and by generating a cacophony of opinions and a heterogeneity of ideas, they constantly transformed state socialism. By foregrounding socialist subjects and the iterative nature of socialism during these decades, this volume paints a richer portrait of East Germany—one that illuminates how East Germans imagined their futures in a society whose collapse they could not foresee.
Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
Introduction - Scott Harrison, Jeff Hayton, and Katharine White, "Beyond the Black Hole: 1989 and the Narration of East German History"
Section 1 - Blurred Lines: Locating Subjectivities between Ideology, Practice, and Everyday Life
Chapter 1 - Mary Fulbrook, "The GDR as a 'Post-Nazi society': Preliminary Reflections"
Chapter 2 - Markus Wahl, "Treating East German Subjects: Doctors and Patients with Alcohol Addiction in Late Socialism"
Chapter 3 - Katharine White, "Producing Culture, Producing Socialism: An Apparatchik and a Singer-Songwriter in the Haus der jungen Talente"
Chapter 4 - Tom Smith, "Desire, Sex, and Surveillance: Queer Methods and the Stasi's Files on the East German Military"
Section 2 - Interpreting Socialist Realities: Knowledge, Navigation, and Subject Formation
Chapter 5 - Catrina de Rivera, "A 'Third Way' of Living: Christa Wolf's Cassandra (1983)"
Chapter 6 - Kyrill Kunakhovich, "'What German Thought Cannot Express': Gert Neumann Reads Adam Michnik"
Chapter 7- Scott Harrison, "'Expulsion from Paradise': East German Lesbian Subjectivities in the 1980s"
Chapter 8 - Larissa R. Stiglich, "Showing up for Socialism: Eingaben in Eisenhüttenstadt during Late-Stage Socialism"
Chapter 9 - Mor Geller, "Research, Subjects: Reception Polling and 'Multiple Socialisms' in Honecker's East Germany"
Section 3 - Fashioning Socialist Selves: Activism, Subversion, and Public Engagement
Chapter 10 - Briana J. Smith, "Art, Participation, and Play in 1980s East Berlin"
Chapter 11 - Jeff Hayton, "Making Punks: Subculture and Engagement in Late Socialist East Germany"
Chapter 12 - Julia E. Ault, "Envisioning a Better Future: Church-Based Environmentalism in the GDR"
Chapter 13 - Timothy Scott Brown, "Dissonances: Rudolf Bahro Between Red and Green"
Epilogue - Eli Rubin, "Doing Straight Time in the GDR"
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
