The Scholarly Journal in the Gdr: Politicizing the Zeitschrift Für Anglistik Und Amerikanistik (1953-1990) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004739291)

This volume goes beyond treating periodicals as mere sources of information and explores the forces shaping scholarly journals that typically remain hidden to their readers. It examines the four-decade run of the Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik (ZAA) in the German Democratic Republic using numerous, previously unpublished archival sources. It reveals how, beyond economics and academia, politics and ideology can play a decisive role in how a humanities journal is produced and read across borders. The volume thus provides an eye-opening look at the ways journals are shaped by much more than academic trends, not only in the context of the Cold War, but also today, in our increasingly politicized world.

Author: Michael Lörch
ISBN-10: 9004739297
ISBN-13: 9789004739291
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 10/30/2025
Pages: 356
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.53lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.10w x 0.94d