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A State of Secrecy Stasi Informers and the Culture of Surveillance
Author
Title
A State of Secrecy Stasi Informers and the Culture of Surveillance / Alison Lewis.
ISBN
9781640124851
1640124853
9781640123793
1640123792
Publication
Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2021.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©2021.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Local Notes
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Summary
"A State of Secrecy: Stasi Informers and the Culture of Surveillance presents a series of five interlaced, in-depth biographical studies from across the spectrum of writers-turned-spies recruited by the Stasi"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 11, 2021
Contents
Recruiting writers for the Stasi, 1949-1962
Handling informants and sustaining motivation, 1962-1972
Policing the "line on writers" and living the secret life, 1971-1976
The secret war on political-ideological diversion, 1976-1978
Simulation and secret policing the underground, 1979-1982
The culture wars, 1983-1989
Conclusion.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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