Queer Lives across the Wall : Desire and Danger in Divided Berlin, 1945-1970 / Andrea Rottmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rottmann, Andrea, author.

Contributor:

University of Toronto. Library, Funder.

Series:

German and European studies.

German and European studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay people--Germany--Social conditions--20th century.

Gay people.

Homosexuality--Germany--History--20th century.

Homosexuality.

Germany--Berlin.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, 2022.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"Queer Lives across the Wall examines the everyday lives of queer Berliners between 1945 and 1970, tracing private and public queer life from the end of the Nazi regime through the gay and lesbian liberation movements of the 1970s. Andrea Rottmann explores how certain spaces--including homes, bars, streets, parks, and prisons--facilitated and restricted queer lives in the overwhelmingly conservative climate that characterized both German postwar states. By examining both public and private urban spaces, the book draws a complex picture of how queer lives were lived, going beyond previous histories that focus on state surveillance and the persecution of male homosexuality. With a theoretical toolkit informed by feminist, queer, and spatial theories, the book combines previously unknown sources from the archives of the feminist and LGBTIQ* movements in police, Stasi, and prisoner files. As an intersectional history of lesbian, trans, and gay male lives in East and West Berlin, Queer Lives across the Wall illuminates the entanglements of gender, sexuality, and class."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: “Mamita Invites You In”

Homes

Surveilled Sociability: Queer Bars

Passing Through, Trespassing, Passing in Public Spaces

Bubis behind Bars: Prisons as Queer Spaces

Conclusion: Changing Queer Constellations Before and After 1970.

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4875-4781-1

1-4875-4783-8

1-4875-4992-X

OCLC:

1356464840