| Unit name | Everyday Life Under Dictatorship |
|---|---|
| Unit code | HISTM0025 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Professor. McLellan |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of History (Historical Studies) |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Focusing on Stalinist Russia, Nazi Germany, and the German Democratic Republic (GDR), this unit will look at everyday life under authoritarian regimes. Nazism, Stalinism, and Eastern European state socialism took very different approaches to issues such as labour, leisure, sexuality, and the family. But there is nevertheless a set of common questions which social historians of these regimes must address. Comparing these historiographies is a very fruitful way to get to grips with the issues which confront the historian of the everyday. We will also consider the usefulness of particular sources and the methodology involved in working with them: public opinion, diaries, letters, oral history, official reports, denunciations, popular culture, and so on.
