Title Queer lives across the wall : desire and danger in divided Berlin, 1945-1970 / Andrea Rottmann

Published Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2023

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Description 1 online resource Series German and European studies ; 50 German and European studies ; 50. 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Gay people -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 20th century Transgender people -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 20th century Gay culture -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 20th century Homosexuality -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 20th century Gender identity -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 20th century HISTORY / Europe / Germany. Gay culture Gays Gender identity Homosexuality Transgender people Germany -- Berlin Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781487547837 1487547838 9781487549923 148754992X 9781487547813 1487547811

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