CSP - Postmodernism + Deutschland 83
Media Magazine - A Postmodern Reimagining of the Past Media Magazine 73 has a feature exploring Deutschland 83 as a postmodern media product. Read ‘Deutschland 83 - A Postmodern Reimagining of the Past’ in MM73 (p18). You'll find our Media Magazine archive here - remember you'll need your Greenford Google login to access. Answer the following questions: 1) What were the classic media representations of the Cold War? Representations of Cold War-era Germany often fit a stereotypical binary ‘good vs evil’ 2) Why does Deutschland 83 provide a particularly good example for postmodern analysis? Because these texts often present the East and West as binary opposites through codes and conventions. 3) Pick out some of the aspects of the opening of episode 1 and explain why they are significant. A woman is listening to US president Ronald Reagan’s ‘Evil Empire’ speech on a television set. This intertextual footage with its message...
