{"product_id":"four-color-communism-sean-eedy-9781800730007","title":"Four-Color Communism: Comic Books and Contested Power in the German Democratic Republic","description":"\u003cp\u003e As with all other forms of popular culture, comics in East Germany were tightly controlled by the state. Comics were employed as extensions of the regime's educational system, delivering official ideology so as to develop the \"socialist personality\" of young people and generate enthusiasm for state socialism. The East German children who avidly read these comics, however, found their own meanings in and projected their own desires upon them. \u003cem\u003eFour-Color Communism\u003c\/em\u003e gives a lively account of East German comics from both perspectives, showing how the perceived freedoms they embodied created expectations that ultimately limited the regime's efforts to bring readers into the fold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sean Eedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1800730004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781800730007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Sean Eedy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43989098856703,"sku":"9781800730007","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f0e6e6f7-bbd9-4b41-9741-718863c54051.jpg?v=1683297682","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/four-color-communism-sean-eedy-9781800730007","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}