Juliane Stückrad: The courageous, the discouraged. Field research in the middle of Germany
Three decades after reunification, the ethnologist presents unheard and overheard stories that testify to both courage and displeasure. Stories that offer access to the diversity of East German life and describe home as change, memory and self-assertion.
Stückrad's dramaturgically cleverly conceived research report reveals that even thirty years after reunification, many East Germans still perceive themselves as deficient beings in the West German meritocracy... her book is not only about displeasure, but also about courage and is thus dedicated to the often concealed stories of East German successes and new beginnings. (FAZ)
