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It serves as a superb introduction to the development of the field of postsocialist cultural studies.
Preface by Michael HerzfeldAcknowledgmentsIntroduction by Matti BunzlPart 1. Washington, D.C.1. Voices at the Wall: Discourses of Self, History, and National Identity at the Vietnam Veterans MemorialPart 2. Kella2. Consumer Rites: The Politics of Consumption in Re-Unified Germany3. "(N)Ostalgie" for the Present: Memory, Longing, and East German Things4. "Go, Trabi, Go!": Reflections on a Car and Its Symbolization over Time5. Mixed Devotions: Religion, Friendship, and Fieldwork in Postsocialist East GermanyPart 3. Leipzig6. The Spirit of Capitalism and the Boundaries of Citizenship in Post-Wall Germany7. Local Hero, National Crook: "Doc" Schneider and the Spectacle of Finance Capital8. Expressions of Experience and Experiences of Expression: Museum Re-Presentations of GDR History9. Goodbye Lenin, Aufwiedersehen GDR: On the Social Life of SocialismNotesReferencesIndex