Description: Stories Without Borders : The Berlin Wall and the Making of a Global Iconic Event, Paperback by Sonnevend, Julia, ISBN 019060431X, ISBN-13 9780190604318, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US How do stories of particular events turn into global myths, while others fade away? What becomes known and seen as a global iconic event? In Stories without Borders, Julia Sonnevend considers the ways in which we recount and remember news stories of historic significance. Focusing on
journalists covering the fall of the Berlin Wall and on subsequent retellings of the event in a variety of ways - from Legoland reenactments to slabs of the Berlin Wall installed in global cities - Sonnevend discusses how certain events become built up so that people in many parts of the world
remember them for long periods of time. She argues that five dimensions determine the viability and longevity of international news events. First, a foundational narrative must be established with certain preconditions. Next, the established narrative becomes universalized and a mythical message
developed. This message is then condensed and encapsulated in a simple phrase, a short narrative, and a recognizable visual scene. Counter-narratives emerge that reinterpret events and in turn facilitate their diffusion across multiple media platforms and changing social and political contexts.
Sonnevend examines these five elements through the developments of November 9, 1989 - what came to be known as the fall of the Berlin Wall. Stories Without Borders concludes with a discussion of how global iconic events have an enduring effect on individuals and societies, pointing out that after
common currencies, military alliances, and international courts have failed, stories may be all that we have to bring hope and unity.
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Book Title: Stories Without Borders : The Berlin Wall and the Making of a Glo
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Stories Without Borders : the Berlin Wall and the Making of a Global Iconic Event
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject: Europe / Germany, Media Studies, Sociology / General, Storytelling, Rhetoric, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2016
Item Weight: 9.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Political Science, Performing Arts, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science, Psychology, History
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: Julia Sonnevend
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
