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Life among the Ruins: Cityscape and Sexuality in Cold War Berlin (Genders and Sexualities in History)
Jennifer V. V. Evans
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Description for Life among the Ruins: Cityscape and Sexuality in Cold War Berlin (Genders and Sexualities in History)
Hardcover. 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. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Genders and Sexualities in History
Number of Pages
317
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230202016
SKU
V9780230202016
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About Jennifer V. V. Evans
JENNIFER V. EVANS is Associate Professor of History at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She teaches a variety of courses in 20th century German history, while her primary area of research is the history of sexuality. 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 ... Read more
Reviews for Life among the Ruins: Cityscape and Sexuality in Cold War Berlin (Genders and Sexualities in History)
"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 ... Read more