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Author Whisnant, Clayton J

Title Queer Identities and Politics in Germany : a History, 1880₆1945
Published Columbia University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (362 pages)
Contents Intro; Table of Contents ; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Why Study Queer German History?; 1. The Birth of Homosexual Politics ; 2. Scandals and Alliances ; 3. The Growth of Urban Gay Scenes ; 4. Representations and Identities ; 5. The Politics of Homosexuality in Weimar Germany; 6. Nazi Persecution; Conclusion. Gay and Lesbian Life after 1945 ; Notes ; Bibliography; Glossary ; Index
Summary Germany in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries witnessed key developments in LGBT history, including the growth of the world's first homosexual organizations and gay and lesbian magazines, as well as an influential community of German sexologists and psychoanalysts. Queer Identities and Politics in Germany describes these events in detail, from vibrant gay social scenes to the Nazi persecution that sent many LGBT people to concentration camps. Clayton J. Whisnant recounts the emergence of various queer identities in Germany from 1880 to 1945 and the political strategies pursued b
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Subject Gay people -- Germany -- History
Gay rights -- Germany -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- LGBT Studies -- Gay Studies.
Gay rights
Gays
Germany
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781939594105
1939594103