"The wall in our minds?" Colonization, integration, and nostalgia

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Two movies Sonnenallee (1999) and Good Bye Lenin! (2003) are analyzed as expressions of Ostalgie or a collective nostalgic discourse about the erstwhile East Germany, so as to demonstrate their cultural impact by their reflection on and attempt to advance the creation of a common post-1989 reunified Germany through cultural integration. The reunification of Germany politically, culturally and economically, slowly leading to a breakdown of the mental wall in East Germans is understood in the context of their response to their 'colonization' by Sovietification and Westernization.

Germany, Colonization, Good Bye Lenin! (Motion picture), Sonnenallee (Motion picture)

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Minds mad for dancing: polkamania on the London stage

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The polka was the most dominant dance form in London, England, in the mid-1840s. It was greatly admired by Queen Victoria, and she played a key role in its popularization. People were attracted to its simple underlying step, which was was extremely reminiscent of the traveling step for country dances, and welcomed the opportunity to be able to add their own ideas about how the dance should be executed. The polka also attracted some suspicion, as it could be learned by anyone simply by watching and imitating.

Social aspects, Polka (Dance)

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Resounding the abyss: The politics of narration in Jack London's The People of the Abyss

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Jack London's The People of the Abyss, a thoughtful and heartfelt account of London slum life, is analyzed in terms of the politics of narration, focusing on the text's mode of discursive critique and its relation to other works of slum narration. London's politically charged narration on East End slums works on two levels of sensationalism and critical reflection and is a critique on capitalism, not just British imperialism, thus differing from other works of this genre.

United Kingdom, Works, Motion pictures, Movies, Slums, London, Jack (American lawyer), The People of the Abyss (Motion picture)

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