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Deirdre Byrnes ú Jean E. Conacher ú Mark Curran ú Mary Rose Curtis ú Joachim Fischer ú Jan Frohburg ú Hugo Hamilton ú Gisela Holfter ú Freya Klier ú Fergal Lenehan ú Martin Mansergh ú Felix Morgenstern ú Manus O´Riordan ú Herbert Remmel ú Derek Scally ú Michaela Schrage-Früh ú Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze ú Jenny Williams

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Contents


Acknowledgements ....................................................................................... ............ vii

DEIRDRE BYRNES, JEAN E. CONACHER, GISELA HOLFTER
Perceptions and Perspectives:
Exploring Connections Between Ireland and the GDR. Introduction ... .... 1

Section I: Essays

GISELA HOLFTER
On Ireland in the GDR - and the GDR in Ireland .................................... ......... 11

FELIX MORGENSTERN
Die Rolle irischer Folkmusik im Rahmen des
DDR-Folkrevivals (1976-1990): Von der klanglich-reflexiven
zur inhaltlich-restaurativen Nostalgie eines Ersatz-Genres ............ ................ 37

MICHAELA SCHRAGE-FRÜH
"Struck by Ireland-Fever": Hugo Hamilton´s Berlin Trilogy ..................... ........ 57

JOACHIM FISCHER
The GDR through Irish Eyes: Nationalism and Patriotism
in Kevin Brophy´s East German Novels ....................................................... ......... 73

DEIRDRE BYRNES
Reading Seán O´Casey in the GDR ............................................................... ......... 87

FERGAL LENEHAN
Elizabeth Shaw from a Transnational Perspective:
The Intercultural Self, Propaganda and Shaw´s Representation
in the GDR Print Media ..................................................................................... ....... 103

DEREK SCALLY
From Nylon to Dederon - The Interwoven Fabric
of the Irish-GDR Past ............................................................................................. ... 123

Section II: Personal Reflections

HUGO HAMILTON
The Slow Moment ..................................................................................................... 139

JENNY WILLIAMS
Crossing Borders: A Personal Reflection on Relations
between Ireland and the German Democratic Republic ............................... 143

MARY ROSE CURTIS
Remembering an Ireland-GDR Friendship Society Trip to the GDR ............ 151

REINHARD SIEGMUND-SCHULTZE
Meine Mutter Dorothea Siegmund-Schultze (1926-1997) ............................ 157

FREYA KLIER
Die Nebelschlucht: Ein Blick zurück nach Irland ............................................... 163

JAN FROHBURG
Wem selbst die Leute weglaufen, der spricht nicht über Emigration ........ 167

HERBERT REMMEL
Nur vereinzeltes Wissen ... ....................................................................................... . 171

MANUS O´RIORDAN
The GDR and I: An Indirect Family Relationship ............................................... 179

MARK CURRAN
Ausschnitte aus EDEN/Extracts from EDEN (2003-2009):
An audio-visual ethnography of a globalised present
(Lausitz, Eastern Germany) ...................................................................................... 185

MARTIN MANSERGH
The Division of Germany and of Europe:
Personal Experiences and Recollections, as an Irish Diplomat
in Bonn in the 1970s, and Subsequently ............................................................. 203

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS ............................................................................................... 213

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