Table of Contents

Preface
Reflections on a Changing Berlin by Barbara Becker-Cantarino
"A Free University - Free of Women?" Women and Higher Education in Berlin since 1989 by Hannelore Scholz
Stasi at Humboldt University: State Security's Organizational Structures and Control Mechanism in the University by Hanna Labrenz-Weiss
Berlin: A New Kaleidoscope of Cultures by Carol Aisha Blackshire-Belay
Art and Money: Cultural Innovations within the Urban Setting of Prenzlauer Berg by Friederike Eigler
The Woman and the Camera: Walking in Berlin. Observations on Walter Ruttmann, Verena Stefan, and Helke Sander by Anke Gleber
Wim Wenders' Berlin: Images and the Real by Brigitte Peucker
The Ubiquitous Wall: Divided Berlin in Post-Wall Fiction by Siegfried Mews
Berlin as Locus of Terror: "Gegenwartsbewältigung" in Berlin Texts since the "Wende" by Anna K. Kuhn
Select Bibliography
About the Authors
Index

About the Author

BARBARA BECKER-CANTARINO is Research Professor at Ohio State University. She has held Visiting Professorships at the Free University of Berlin and has published studies on Berlin authors and German culture, among them The Enlightenment and Its Legacy (1992) and Literary Discourses on Friendship (1993).

Reviews

"A spirited and informative examination of the many aspects of the once and future capital of Germany."-A. Leslie Willson Professor of Germanic Language and Literature University of Texas, Austin

"This volume is a most welcome contribution to current discussions and debates about the fluid situation in post-1990 Germany. Its focus on the cultural, social, and historical Berlin offers a rich variety of analytical perspectives and interdisciplinary approaches and provides the readers with lively and interesting investigations of that city's changing role."-Ruth-Ellen B. Joeres Professor of German and Women's Studies University of Minnesota

?For those unfamiliar with Berlin and its history, this is an excellent introduction; for those familiar with Berlin this offers nonetheless a concise overview of the city's turbulent history....For anyone teaching a course on contemporary Berlin or interested in recent changes in Berlin, Berlin in Focus will prove lively reading and an invaluable resource with its informative essays and extensive biographies.?-Colloquia Germanica

"For those unfamiliar with Berlin and its history, this is an excellent introduction; for those familiar with Berlin this offers nonetheless a concise overview of the city's turbulent history....For anyone teaching a course on contemporary Berlin or interested in recent changes in Berlin, Berlin in Focus will prove lively reading and an invaluable resource with its informative essays and extensive biographies."-Colloquia Germanica