Life among the Ruins: Cityscape and Sexuality in Cold War Berlin (Genders and Sexualities in History)
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (949 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0230202012 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 317 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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. She teaches a variety of courses in 20th century German history, while her primary area of research is the history of sexuality. JENNIFER V. EVANS is Associate Professor of History at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She has written about the regulation of same-sex sexuality in Cold War Germany, pink triangle victims during and after the Holocaust, and queer erotic photography as a form of self-narration
"Evans's analysis of the available visual material proves to be innovative and illuminating." - Malte Zierenberg, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany"Greatly aided by her eloquent storytelling, the book reaches out across disciplines and appeals not only to historians of postwar Germany but also to geographers as well as scholars of film, literature, and gender studies." - Yuliya Komska, Dartmouth College, United States
As home to 1920s excess and Hitler's Final Solution, Berlin's physical and symbolic landscape was an important staging ground for the highs and lows of modernity. In Cold War Berlin, social and political boundaries were porous, and the rubble gave refuge to a re-emerging gay and lesbian scene, youth gangs, prostitutes, hoods, and hustlers.
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