Conceptualizing the GDR - 20 years after
This article explores the role of metaphors in the processes of conceptualizing the GRD on the occasion of the anniversary of its beginning and end. It offers snapshots of how the state gains cognitive shape in a range of texts and media - a series of historical TV documentaries, a work of fiction,...
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W. S. Maney & Son Ltd.
2009
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| author | Kohl, K |
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| description | This article explores the role of metaphors in the processes of conceptualizing the GRD on the occasion of the anniversary of its beginning and end. It offers snapshots of how the state gains cognitive shape in a range of texts and media - a series of historical TV documentaries, a work of fiction, a museum, an autobiographical work, a politically oriented collection of essays, and a newspaper article reporting on a public debate. Metaphors are shown to structure the concept of the GDR - as a container defined by its boundaries, as part of an organic entity, or as a narrative. They allow erstwhile GDR citizens to engage with their personal past and they give substance and communicative power to political ideals. In activating the imagination, they make memories meaningful. And for those who never experienced life in the GDR first-hand, metaphors give mental access to life in the 'other' Germany. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:d9fe97e1-f13e-4617-89c5-618bb37a15a22022-03-27T09:00:01ZConceptualizing the GDR - 20 years afterJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:d9fe97e1-f13e-4617-89c5-618bb37a15a2History of Britain and EuropeHistoryEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetW. S. Maney & Son Ltd.2009Kohl, KModern Humanities Research Association (MHRA)This article explores the role of metaphors in the processes of conceptualizing the GRD on the occasion of the anniversary of its beginning and end. It offers snapshots of how the state gains cognitive shape in a range of texts and media - a series of historical TV documentaries, a work of fiction, a museum, an autobiographical work, a politically oriented collection of essays, and a newspaper article reporting on a public debate. Metaphors are shown to structure the concept of the GDR - as a container defined by its boundaries, as part of an organic entity, or as a narrative. They allow erstwhile GDR citizens to engage with their personal past and they give substance and communicative power to political ideals. In activating the imagination, they make memories meaningful. And for those who never experienced life in the GDR first-hand, metaphors give mental access to life in the 'other' Germany. |
| spellingShingle | History of Britain and Europe History Kohl, K Conceptualizing the GDR - 20 years after |
| title | Conceptualizing the GDR - 20 years after |
| title_full | Conceptualizing the GDR - 20 years after |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Conceptualizing the GDR - 20 years after |
| title_short | Conceptualizing the GDR - 20 years after |
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