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Displaying Gendered Experiences of Socialism and Escape: The Checkpoint Charlie Museum and Tränenpalast

  • How are women who lived in and escaped from the GDR represented in two of the most popular tourist sites in Berlin: the Checkpoint Charlie Museum and the Tränenpalast? In comparing both exhibitions from a gender perspective, the article highlights different modes and key differences in how these two Wall museums address issues of gendered experiences, motivations and agency in stories of resistance and escape.

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Document Type:Article
DOI:https://doi.org/10.25626/0083
Creator and project details
Author:Emily GioielliGND
Editor:Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND
Publishing Institution:Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Title details
Title (English):Displaying Gendered Experiences of Socialism and Escape: The Checkpoint Charlie Museum and Tränenpalast
Parent Title (English):Cultures of History Forum
Release Date:2020/08/24
Date of Publication (online):2020/02/12
Date of first Publication:2018/04/29
Language:English
Subject indexing
DDC-Classification:9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie
Collections:Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena)
Tag:GDR; Germany; Wall; border; escape; gender; socialism; women
GND Keyword:Deutsch-deutsche Grenze; Deutschland (Bundesrepublik); Deutschland (DDR); Geschlechtsunterschied; Frau; Flucht
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File Size:9307 KB
MIME-Type:application/pdf
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