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On the Sedimentation and Accreditation of Social Knowledges of Difference: Mass Media, Journalism, and the Reproduction of East/West Alterities in Unified Germany

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On the Sedimentation and Accreditation of Social Knowledges of Difference: Mass Media, Journalism, and the Reproduction of East/West Alterities in Unified Germany
Author(s)Boyer, Dominic C.
AbstractAn assessment is presented on the social and psychological impact of the 1990 German reunification, particularly in professional life. The article focuses on how intuitive assumptions concerning East Germans and West Germans are perceived, assimilated and reinforced, maintaining the semiotics of difference despite unification.
IssueNo4
Pages459-491
ArticleAccess to Article
SourceCultural Anthropology
VolumeNo15
PubDateNovember 2000
ISBN_ISSN0886-7356


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