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050  4 HC290.795.C6|bV44 2012 
082 04 306.3 
100 1  Veenis, Milena. 
245 10 Material fantasies :|bexpectations of the Western consumer
       world among the East Germans /|cMilena Veenis. 
264  1 Amsterdam :|bAmsterdam University Press,|c2012. 
300    1 online resource (280 pages) :|billustrations. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Technology and European history series ;|v6 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-275) and 
       index. 
505 00 |tFieldwork --|tReactions to my presence --|tMaterial 
       culture and tell-tale one-liners --|tGeneralization, 
       differentiation --|tGermany 1945: a country in ruins --
       |tmaterial and social trauma --|tIn search of a hold --
       |tThe GDR: future promises --|tThe past rewritten --|tA 
       new future: material well-being --|tMaterial realizations 
       --|tSevere, rational and centrally planned --|t"Far too 
       modern for our people," and economic gaps --|tQueuing and 
       mutual equality --|tThe east German dictatorship --
       |tTheorizing dictatorship --|tLocal conversations on 
       dictatorship --|tIrony, a caring state, and the Nische --
       |tSilenced pasts --|tDifferent perspectives and jokes 
       about the stasi --|tThe stasi's methods and the taboo on 
       more --|tEgalitarianism, crab antics, and adjustment --
       |tWestern promise --|tIrresistible prosperity --|tEast 
       Germans' identification with the west --|tThe material as 
       fulfillment --|tShattered illusions --|tThe wende --|tEast
       Germans' dissatisfaction --|tThree reasons for east German
       despondency --|tConclusion. 
520    "This study of East German fantasies of material abundance
       across the border, both before and after the fall of 
       communism, shows the close and intricate relation between 
       ideology and fantasy in upholding social life. In 1989, 
       news broadcasts all over the world were dominated for 
       weeks by images of East Germans crossing the Berlin Wall 
       to West Germany. The images, representing the fall of 
       communism and the democratic will of the people, also 
       showed East Germans' excitement at finally being able to 
       enter the western consumer paradise. But what exactly had 
       they expected to find on the other side of the Wall? Why 
       did they shed tears of joy when for the first time in 
       their lives, they stepped inside West German shops? And 
       why were they prepared to pay more than 10 percent of 
       their average monthly wage for a pineapple? Drawing on 
       fifteen months of research in the fast-changing post-
       communist East Germany, Veenis unravels the perennial 
       truths about the interrelationships of fantasies of 
       material wealth, personal fulfillment and social cohesion.
       She argues persuasively that the far-fetched socialist and
       capitalist promises of consumption as the road to ultimate
       well-being, the partial realization and partial corruption
       thereof, the implicit social and psychological interests 
       underlying the politicized promises in both countries form
       the breeding ground for the development of materialist, 
       cargo-cult-like fantasies, in which material well-being 
       came to be seen as the place of "fulfillment and ultimate 
       arrival"."--Publisher's website. 
588 0  Print version record. 
611 27 Unification of Germany (1990)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01355185 
648  7 Since 1990|2fast 
650  0 Post-communism|zGermany (East) 
650  0 Consumption (Economics)|zGermany (East) 
650  0 Quality of life|zGermany (West) 
650  0 Quality of life|zGermany (East) 
650  7 Consumption (Economics)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00876455 
650  7 Post-communism.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01072730 
650  7 Quality of life.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01085009 
650  7 International relations.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00977053 
650  7 Social conditions.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919811 
650  7 Verbrauch.|2gnd 
651  0 Germany (East)|xRelations|zGermany (West) 
651  0 Germany (West)|xRelations|zGermany (East) 
651  0 Germany|xHistory|yUnification, 1990. 
651  0 Germany|xSocial conditions|y1990- 
651  7 Germany.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01210272 
651  7 Germany (East)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01210274 
651  7 Germany (West)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01210273 
651  7 Germany|gDDR.|2gnd 
651  7 Westliche Welt.|2gnd 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aVeenis, Milena.|tMaterial fantasies.
       |dAmsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2012
       |z9789089644008|z9089644008|w(DLC)  2012476384 
830  0 Technology and European history series ;|v6. 
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