scholarly journals IMAGE OF THE IDEAL WOMAN-CITIZEN OF THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC IN THE WOMEN'S PRESS

Author(s):  
Дарья Олеговна Тюренкова

Статья посвящена изучению характера трансляции норм, составляющих образ идеальной гражданки ГДР по материалам женской прессы. Произведён анализ четырёх женских журналов ГДР («DieFrauvonheute», «Für-dich», «Pramo», «Sibylle»), на его основе предпринята попытка выявить детали «собирательного образа» героини каждого из рассмотренных изданий с учётом как требуемого государством «образца», так и редакционной политики и запроса самих читательниц. Автором выявлены сферы реализации женщин, в рамках которых осуществлялась трансляция нормативного поведения в указанных журналах. Рассмотрены составляющие образа идеальной гражданки ГДР в области профессиональной реализации и участия в деятельности общественных организаций, в сфере семейных взаимоотношений - брака и материнства, а также в досуговых практиках. The article studies the specifics of broadcasting the norms that make up the image of the ideal woman-citizen of the GDR based on the materials of the women's press. The analysis of four women's magazines of the GDR («Die Frau von heute», «Für dich», «Pramo», «Sibylle») has been carried out. On the basis of the analysis, the details of the «collective image» of the heroine of each of the reviewed publications were revealed from the following angles: the «sample» required by the state, the goals of editorial policy, the request of the readers themselves. The author identified the spheres of realization of women, the broadcast of normative behavior within which was carried out in the indicated women's magazines. The components of the image of an ideal woman-citizen of the GDR in the field of professional implementation and participation in the activities of public organizations, in the field of family relationships - marriage and motherhood, as well as in leisure practices are considered.

Author(s):  
Grzegorz Kuźnik

The aim of this article is to present the principles underlying the political system in force in the German Democratic Republic between 1949 and 1990, with a particular emphasis on the issue of the state of emergency law. The article describes the two Constitutions from 1949 and 1968 and the state institutions established under them, including the GDR People's Chamber, the Council of Ministers, the GDR State Council and the National Defence Council. It also discusses the constitutional solutions within the scope of the emergency law. The legal basis for the protection of the border between the two then existing German states was also considered. This article is based on the two East German Constitutions, other legal acts and on the principles of East German and Polish doctrine. The article consists of an introduction, three parts and a summary.


1996 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark R. Thompson

A variable affecting the chances of regime exit – weak ‘nation-stateness' – has often been overlooked. If a country enjoys no single, exclusive national identity, then democratic transition poses a threat to the survival of the state and the interests connected with it. The Honecker regime was unwilling to exit from communism–unlike Polish and Hungarian parties which negotiated democratic transition with the opposition – because it (rightly) feared for the survival of the German Democratic Republic. The GDR's ‘national problem’ also explains why the opposition did not demand power after the fall of the hardliners. Opposed to dictatorship, they nonetheless believed in many of the ideals upon which the state had been founded. These dissidents found they had more in common with reform communists trying to preserve the GDR than the majority of the population favouring unification.


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