Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Jan 2004)

"Only the Wall Put a Stop to the Inflow of Monsters": Bodies and Borders in Post-Wall Berlin

  • Katharina Gerstenberger

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4148/2334-4415.1571
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 1

Abstract

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In his seminal study Flesh and Stone, Richard Sennett showed that urban space is significantly shaped through the ways in which humans perceive their bodies…