Life Among the Ruins - Cityscape and Sexuality in Cold War Berlin

Zusatztext "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 Informationen zum Autor 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 a form of self-narration. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations and Map Acknowledgements Introduction The Cellar and the Bunker The Street The Train Station Bars, Cafés, Clubs Home Conclusion: Borders and Boundaries Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: J Evans, J. Evans, Jennifer V. Evans, EVANS JENNIFER V
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2011
• EAN: 9780230202016
• ISBN: 978-0-230-20201-6
• No. of pages: 331
• Series: Genders and Sexualities in History; Genders and Sexualities in His; Genders and Sexualities in History; Genders and Sexualities in His
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; B, Cultural History, History, European History, Social History, Family, Social & cultural history, Social groups, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Sociology: family and relationships, History, Modern, Civilization—History, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, Europe, Central—History, History of Germany and Central Europe, Europe—History