Postmodernism
Postmodernism & Deutschland 83: blog tasks 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? east vs west and good vs bad. 2) Why does Deutschland 83 provide a particularly good example for postmodern analysis? It uses bricolage, pastiche and hyper reality, for example when the presidents real footage was shown 3) Pick out some of the aspects of the opening of episode 1 and explain why they are significant. Hyper reality of archive footage 4) How does the party scene at Martin's mum's house subvert stereotypes of East Germany in the Cold War? They seem content as theyre enj...
