Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Public Confrontations of GDR Art -- In the Crucible: Bernhard Heisig and the Hotel Deutschland Murals -- The Invisible Uprising: Filmmaking and East Germany's 'Day X' -- Quid pro quo: Assessing the Value of Berlin's Thälmann Monument -- Internationalism and GDR Art -- Beyond Socialist Realism: Alternative Painting in Dresden -- Reading Transnationally: the GDR and American Black Writers -- The Legacy of GDR Directors on the Post-Wende Opera Stage -- Alternative Musical Voices -- Music and Discourse -- Gender Discourse and Musical Life in the GDR -- 'Monopol der Diskussion?': Alternative Voices in the Verband Deutscher Komponisten und Musikwissenschaftler -- Curating the GDR -- German Art Collections and Exhibits since 1989: the Legacy of the GDR -- Re-introducing GDR Art to Germany: the Kunstfonds in Dresden -- 'GDR on the Pacific': (Re)presenting East Germany in Los Angeles -- Select Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.