Title Life among the ruins : cityscape and sexuality in Cold War Berlin / Jennifer V. Evans

Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK : New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps Series Genders and sexualities in history Genders and sexualities in history Contents Introduction -- The cellar and the bunker -- The street -- The train station -- Bars, cafés, clubs -- Home -- Conclusion : borders and boundaries Summary As home to 1920s debauchery and excess and Hitler's Final Solution, Berlin's physical and symbolic landscape was an important staging ground for the highs and lows of modernity. Life among the Ruins asks how postwar attempts to rebuild infrastructure and identity necessitated an engagement with past practices set in motion long before 1945. Berliners were forced to adapt swiftly to changing historical circumstances. City spaces could be enabling as well as restrictive, sites of danger and desire, places of crime and adventure. As expats, soldiers, visitors, and citizens navigated the ruined urban landscape in search of what once was, they discovered signs of destruction but also signs of life. Although a symbol of defeat and destruction, the rubble gave refuge to a reemerging gay and lesbian scene, while youth gangs, prostitutes, hoods, and hustlers sought shelter and community there. As a metaphor for a modernity both feared and desired, the book questions what became of this history in the years leading up to the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 when Cold War confrontation meant the city continued to occupy a unique place in 20th century European history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Subject Sex customs -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 20th century Sexual ethics -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 20th century Sex role -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 20th century Prostitution -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 20th century Civil society -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 20th century Social & cultural history -- Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000 -- Germany. European history -- Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000 -- Germany. Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 -- Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000 -- Germany. Gay & Lesbian studies -- Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000 -- Germany. HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany. History. Civil society Prostitution Sex customs Sex role Sexual ethics Social conditions Nachkriegszeit Sexualität Stadtlandschaft SUBJECT Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1945-1990. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013350 Berlin (Germany) -- Social conditions -- 20th century Subject Germany -- Berlin Berlin Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230316652 0230316654 1283290278 9781283290272 9786613290274 6613290270 9780230315280 0230315283

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