Sex and the Weimar Republic - German Homosexual Emancipation and the Rise of the Nazis

Sex and the Weimar Republic shows how, in Weimar Germany, the citizen’s right to sexual freedom came with a duty to keep sexuality private, non-commercial, and respectable.

Sommario

Introduction: The Opening Night of the Institute for Sexual Science, July 1919
1. Homosexual Emancipation, Censorship, and the Revolution of 1918/9
2. Lesbianism, Reading, and Law
3. Female Prostitution, Modern Heterosexuality, and the 1927 Venereal Disease Law
4. Male Prostitution, Homosexual Emancipation, and the 1929 Vote to Repeal the Sodomy Law
5. “The Third Sex Greets the Third Reich!” The RÖhm Scandal, 1931–2
6. The Politics of “Immoral” Sexuality in the Fall of the Weimar Republic and the Rise of the Nazis
Conclusion: The Weimar Settlement on Sexual Politics

Info autore

Laurie Marhoefer is the Jon Bridgman Endowed Associate Professor in History at the University of Washington.

Riassunto

Sex and the Weimar Republic shows how, in Weimar Germany, the citizen's right to sexual freedom came with a duty to keep sexuality private, non-commercial, and respectable.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Laurie Marhoefer
• Editore: University of Toronto Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9781442626577
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-2657-7
• Pagine: 360
• Serie: German and European Studies; German and European Studies
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia