TY - JOUR
T1 - Straight outta marzahn
T2 - Re Constructing communicative memory in east germany through hip hop
AU - Putnam, Michael
AU - Schicker, Juliane
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - In this article we explore the concept of communicative memory of modern East Germans in contemporary hip-hop lyrics. Our study reveals that even after more than twenty years of existing in a reunified German Republic, former and contemporary East Germans (i.e. Ossis) are still longing for a sense of social and political identity in a new system foreign in most respects to their previous socialist existence.
AB - In this article we explore the concept of communicative memory of modern East Germans in contemporary hip-hop lyrics. Our study reveals that even after more than twenty years of existing in a reunified German Republic, former and contemporary East Germans (i.e. Ossis) are still longing for a sense of social and political identity in a new system foreign in most respects to their previous socialist existence.
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U2 - 10.1080/03007766.2012.726040
DO - 10.1080/03007766.2012.726040
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84890210252
SN - 0300-7766
VL - 37
SP - 85
EP - 100
JO - Popular Music and Society
JF - Popular Music and Society
IS - 1
ER -