Seduction of Youth - Print Culture and Homosexual Rights in the Weimar Republic

The Seduction of Youth offers a new perspective on the history of the Weimar Republic by exploring the intersection between the homosexual movement, print culture, and homophobic fears about the seduction of young boys.

List of contents

Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Theories of Adolescent Sexuality and Homosexual Seduction
2. The League for Human Rights, Print Culture, and Homosexual Rights
3. The Allure of Youth in the League for Human Rights’ Publications
4. The 1926 Trash and Smut Law, Youth Protection, and Homosexual Publications
5. The Pitfalls of Boy Love
6. Male Prostitution, Age of Consent, and the Decriminalization of Homosexuality
Conclusion: The Seduction of Youth, Respectability, and the End of Weimar’s Homosexual Rights Movement
Endnotes
Bibliography

About the author

Javier Samper Vendrell is an assistant professor of German and core faculty in the Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

Summary

The Seduction of Youth offers a new perspective on the history of the Weimar Republic by exploring the intersection between the homosexual movement, print culture, and homophobic fears about the seduction of young boys.

Product details

• Authors: Javier Samper Vendrell, Javier Samper Vendrell
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781487525033
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-2503-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: German and European Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Deutsch, Deutschland, Europäische Geschichte, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, History - General History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBT Studies / General