Beyond the Border

Young Minorities in the Danish-German Borderlands, 1955-1971
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78920-174-1
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 549 g

In the nineteenth century, the hotly disputed border region between Denmark and Germany was the focus of an intricate conflict that complicates questions of ethnic and national identity even today. Beyond the Border reconstructs the experiences of both Danish and German minority youths living in the area from the 1950s to the 1970s, a period in which relations remained tense amid the broader developments of Cold War geopolitics. Drawing on a remarkable variety of archival and oral sources, the author provides a rich and fine-grained analysis that encompasses political issues from the NATO alliance and European integration to everyday life and popular culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wung-Sung, Tobias Haimin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

A Note on Language, Terminology and Translations

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. Strong Spirits and Healing Wounds: The Minorities during Conflicts and Aftermath, pre-1955

Chapter 2. Unlikely Cold-War Allies: Young Challenges to the Border Struggle and Isolationism, c. 1955-1962

Chapter 3. New Ideas of a United Europe: Generational Differences on Being Danish, German and European, c. 1955-1963

Chapter 4. Contesting, Celebrating and Questioning: Generational Differences on the Past and Politics, c. 1960-65

Chapter 5
. Young People Enjoying Life and Having Fun: Life Is Too Good to Fight a National Struggle
c. 1957-1967

Chapter 6. But Who Are We…? Independent Young Voices on Kin-State Relations and Perceptions of the Meanings of Belonging to a National Minority c. 1965-1970

Chapter 7. Young People of Their Time? Gender, Global Interests and (Non) Rebellions c. 1967-1971

Conclusion

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Wung-Sung, Tobias Haimin
Tobias Haimin Wung-Sung is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg. His research interests mainly include social and cultural developments in post-war Western Europe.