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Description

1. xix, 305 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

1. "A detailed historical look at the surprising ways in which the uninhibited urban sexuality, sexual experimentation and medical advances of pre-Weimar Berlin created and molded our modern understanding of sexual orientation and gay identity. Long known for the friendly company of its "warm brothers" (German slang for men who love other men), Berlin, even before the turn of the twentieth-century, was a place where educators, activists, and medical professionals could explore and begin to educate both themselves and Europe about new and emerging sexual identities. From Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, a German activist described by some as the world's first openly gay man, to the world of Berlin's vast homosexual subcultures-tolerated and monitored by the police commissioner through the "Department of Homosexuals and Blackmailers"-to a major sex scandal that enraptured the daily newspapers and shook the court of Emperor William II, and on through some of the world's first sex reassignment surgeries, Beachy deftly guides the reader through past events and developments that continue to shape and influence the way we think of sexuality to this day. Gay Berlin is certain to be considered a foundational study"--
2. "A detailed historical look at the surprising ways in which the uninhibited urban sexuality, sexual experimentation and medical advances of pre-Weimar Berlin created and molded our modern understanding of sexual orientation and gay identity"--

Subject

1. Homosexuality > Germany > Berlin
2. Gender identity > Germany > Berlin
3. HISTORY / Europe / Germany
4. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gay Studies
5. HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
6. Gay men > Germany > Berlin > Identity
7. Gay culture > Germany > Berlin

Call number

1. JFE 15-7492

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-295) and index.

Author

1. Beachy, Robert.

Title

1. Gay Berlin : birthplace of a modern identity / Robert Beachy.

Publisher

1. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.

Edition

1. First edition.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-295) and index.

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LCCN

1. 2014004986

ISBN

1. 9780307272102
2. 0307272109

Research call number

1. JFE 15-7492