Postmodernism & Deutschland 83: blog tasks
Media Magazine - A Postmodern Reimagining of the Past 1) What were the classic media representations of the Cold War? Representations of Cold War-era Germany often fit a stereotypical binary ‘good vs evil’ The Cold War – the state of tension and hostility between the Soviet bloc countries and the West from 1945 to 1990 – has inspired a series of film and media texts within the spy genre. These texts often present the East and West as binary opposites through codes and conventions. The communist East is presented grey and stark, no billboards, culture or entertainment and strict limitations of citizens’ movements and availability of certain foods (e.g. coffee and bananas). The capitalist West, in contrast, is a world of department stores, restaurants and cars, pop-culture and entertainment and free movement. 2) Why does Deutschland 83 provide a particularly good example for postmodern analysis? Deutschland 83 however is not your typical Cold War text for a number