Berlin is a city that conjures strong images: Nazi rallies, bombed-out buildings, Soviet tanks, the Wall, May Day riots, and the capital of reunited Germany, famed for its hedonistic nightlife. It has risen and reinvented itself innumerable times from chaos and apparent ruin. Berlin Unwrapped captures ...
Transformed by the Wall's opening in 1989 and the concomitant shift in global relations of power, Berlin continues to shape historical and contemporary images of Germanness. This interdisciplinary anthology explores Berlin's unique cultural topographies in literature, film, architecture, urban planning, and city marketing.