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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional

ISBN-101350010065

ISBN-139781350010062

eBay Product ID (ePID)22050097566

Product Key Features

Number of Pages344 Pages

Publication NameSexuality in Modern German History

LanguageEnglish

SubjectEurope / Germany, Sociology / General, Social History, Modern / General

Publication Year2023

TypeTextbook

AuthorKatie Sutton

Subject AreaSocial Science, History

SeriesThe Bloomsbury History of Modern Germany Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight18.9 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.2 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsThis fascinating, authoritative study places topical debates into historical context, revealing the multifaceted nature of modernities and the shifting, heterogeneous nature of past sexualities and the moral norms that shaped them. Foregrounding questions of conformity and resistance, the book sheds light on the hotly-contested debates over gender and sexual identities that confront contemporary scholars., "This fascinating, authoritative study places topical debates into historical context, revealing the multifaceted nature of modernities and the shifting, heterogeneous nature of past sexualities and the moral norms that shaped them. Foregrounding questions of conformity and resistance, the book sheds light on the hotly-contested debates over gender and sexual identities that confront contemporary scholars." -- Ingrid Sharp, Professor of German Cultural and Gender History, University of Leeds, United Kingdom. "Katie Sutton's Sexuality in Modern German History deftly weaves the important topics in the history of modern sexuality-mariage, prostitution, homosexuality, and trans identities-with the turns in German history, from the early nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. An invaluable resurce for beginning students as well as established scholars!" -- Robert Deam Tobin, Henry J Leir Chair Professor of Comparative Literature, Clark University, USA "Sutton's book is a highly successful exploration and overview of the literature-consistently thorough, judicious and nuanced in its assessment of the scholarship, and consistently thoughtful in its juxtaposition of contrasting historical interpretations and experiences." -- The English Historical Review, "This fascinating, authoritative study places topical debates into historical context, revealing the multifaceted nature of modernities and the shifting, heterogeneous nature of past sexualities and the moral norms that shaped them. Foregrounding questions of conformity and resistance, the book sheds light on the hotly-contested debates over gender and sexual identities that confront contemporary scholars." -- Ingrid Sharp, Professor of German Cultural and Gender History, University of Leeds, United Kingdom. "Katie Sutton's Sexuality in Modern German History deftly weaves the important topics in the history of modern sexuality-mariage, prostitution, homosexuality, and trans identities-with the turns in German history, from the early nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. An invaluable resurce for beginning students as well as established scholars!" -- Robert Deam Tobin, Henry J Leir Chair Professor of Comparative Literature, Clark University, USA

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal306.70943

Table Of ContentList of Figures Introduction. Sexuality in Modern German History 1. Enlightening Intimacy: From Reformation to Unification 2. Sexual Modernity and Nationhood: 1871-1918 3. Babylon Berlin? Liberation, Violence and Politics in the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933 4. Pronatalism to Persecution: Sex in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945 5. Love, Sex, and Marriage in the Divided Germanies 6. Sexual Evolutions and Revolutions: From Rock'n'Roll to Gay Liberation Conclusion. Political Transitions and Intimate Transformations since the Berlin Wall Bibliography Index

SynopsisSexuality 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.

LC Classification NumberHQ18