Sex And The Weimar Republic: German Homosexual Emancipation And The Rise Of The Nazis (german And European Studies)
by Laurie Marhoefer /
2015 / English / PDF
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Liberated, licentious, or merely liberal, the sexual freedoms of
Germany’s Weimar Republic have become legendary. The home of the
world’s first gay rights movement, the republic embodied a
progressive, secular vision of sexual liberation. Immortalized –
however misleadingly – in Christopher Isherwood’s
Liberated, licentious, or merely liberal, the sexual freedoms of
Germany’s Weimar Republic have become legendary. The home of the
world’s first gay rights movement, the republic embodied a
progressive, secular vision of sexual liberation. Immortalized –
however misleadingly – in Christopher Isherwood’sBerlin
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Cabaret, Weimar’s freedoms
have become a touchstone for the politics of sexual emancipation.
, Weimar’s freedoms
have become a touchstone for the politics of sexual emancipation.
Yet, as Laurie Marhoefer shows in
Yet, as Laurie Marhoefer shows inSex and Weimar
Republic
Sex and Weimar
Republic, those sexual freedoms were only obtained at the
expense of a minority who were deemed sexually disordered. In
Weimar Germany, the citizen’s right to sexual freedom came with a
duty to keep sexuality private, non-commercial, and respectable.
, those sexual freedoms were only obtained at the
expense of a minority who were deemed sexually disordered. In
Weimar Germany, the citizen’s right to sexual freedom came with a
duty to keep sexuality private, non-commercial, and respectable.Sex and the Weimar Republic
Sex and the Weimar Republic examines the rise of sexual
tolerance through the debates which surrounded “immoral”
sexuality: obscenity, male homosexuality, lesbianism, transgender
identity, heterosexual promiscuity, and prostitution. It follows
the sexual politics of a swath of Weimar society ranging from
sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld to Nazi stormtrooper Ernst Röhm.
Tracing the connections between toleration and regulation,
Marhoefer’s observations remain relevant to the politics of
sexuality today.
examines the rise of sexual
tolerance through the debates which surrounded “immoral”
sexuality: obscenity, male homosexuality, lesbianism, transgender
identity, heterosexual promiscuity, and prostitution. It follows
the sexual politics of a swath of Weimar society ranging from
sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld to Nazi stormtrooper Ernst Röhm.
Tracing the connections between toleration and regulation,
Marhoefer’s observations remain relevant to the politics of
sexuality today.
