- Summary
- Sexuality in Modern German History offers both a detailed survey of this key subject and a new intervention in the history of sexuality in modern Germany. It investigates the diverse and often contradictory ways in which individuals, activists, doctors, politicians, artists, church leaders, reform movements and cultural commentators have defined 'normal' or 'natural' sexuality in Germany over the past two centuries. Katie Sutton explores how these definitions have been used to shape identities, behaviours, bodies and practices, from norms of heterosexual, marital, reproductive sex to ideas around the policing and categorisation of 'unnatural' or 'deviant' bodies and practices.Covering a range of crucial themes, including birth control, prostitution, queer and trans rights and heterosexual intimacy, this important text comes with 30 illustrations and a wealth of primary source extracts and secondary literature, helpfully integrated to enable further insight and analysis.This is a vital volume for all students and scholars with an interested in modern Germany or the history of sexuality in modern Europe.
- Series
- The Bloomsbury history of modern Germany series
Bloomsbury history of modern Germany series.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Sutton, Katie, author.
- Published
- London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023
- Locale
- Germany
- Contents
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Introduction: Sexuality in Modern German History
Enlightening Intimacy: From Reformation to Unification
Sexual Modernity and Nationhood: 1871-1918
Babylon Berlin? Liberation, Violence and Politics in the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933
Pronatalism to Persecution: Sex in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945
Love, Sex, and Marriage in the Divided Germanies
Sexual Evolutions and Revolutions: From Rock'n'Roll to Gay Liberation
Conclusion: Political Transitions and Intimate Transformations since the Berlin Wall.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-315) and index.
Introduction: Sexuality in Modern German History -- Enlightening Intimacy: From Reformation to Unification -- Sexual Modernity and Nationhood: 1871-1918 -- Babylon Berlin? Liberation, Violence and Politics in the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933 -- Pronatalism to Persecution: Sex in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945 -- Love, Sex, and Marriage in the Divided Germanies -- Sexual Evolutions and Revolutions: From Rock'n'Roll to Gay Liberation -- Conclusion: Political Transitions and Intimate Transformations since the Berlin Wall.
