Sexuality in Europe - A Twentieth-Century History

Informationen zum Autor Dagmar Herzog is Professor of History and Daniel Rose Faculty Scholar at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Her previous publications include Sex after Fascism: Memory and Morality in Twentieth-Century Germany (2005), Brutality and Desire: War and Sexuality in Europe's Twentieth Century (as editor, 2009) and Sex in Crisis: The New Sexual Revolution and the Future of American Politics (2008). Klappentext Compelling new account of the tumultuous history of Europe's 'century of sex'. Zusammenfassung A compelling account of the tumultuous history of Europe's 'century of sex'. From the role of activists and social movements to the impact of war! disease and economic change! Dagmar Herzog charts how sexual preferences! politics and identities as well as the very nature of desire and happiness have changed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Reconceiving sexuality, 1900-14; 2. State interventions, 1914-45; 3. Cold War cultures, 1945-65; 4. Pleasure and rebellion, 1965-80; 5. Partnerships and practices, 1980-2010; Epilogue.

Product details

• Authors: Dagmar Herzog, Dagmar (City University of New York) Herzog, Herzog Dagmar
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.08.2011
• EAN: 9780521870962
• ISBN: 978-0-521-87096-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: New Approaches to European His; New Approaches to European History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Miscellaneous; Sociology, Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Sex and sexuality, social aspects