Josie McLellan

Love in the Time of Communism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This pioneering study explores the surprising extent and limits of the GDR's forgotten sexual revolution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 520g
• ISBN-13: 9780521898911
• ISBN-10: 0521898919
• Artikelnr.: 33609225

Autorenporträt

Josie McLellan is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Bristol. Her previous publications include Antifascism and Memory in East Germany: Remembering the International Brigades, 1945-1989 (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: the East German sexual revolution
2. 'A bit of freedom': sex and young people
3. Marriage and monogamy
4. 'The dictatorship of love': sex, love, and state hypocrisy
5. Gay men, lesbians, and the struggle for the public sphere
6. The naked republic: nudism
7. Picturing sex: East German erotica
8. Conclusion: space for love?

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1. Introduction: the East German sexual revolution; 2. 'A bit of freedom': sex and young people; 3. Marriage and monogamy; 4. 'The dictatorship of love': sex, love, and state hypocrisy; 5. Gay men, lesbians, and the struggle for the public sphere; 6. The naked republic: nudism; 7. Picturing sex: East German erotica; 8. Conclusion: space for love?

Rezensionen

'An outstanding book - intriguing, illuminating, and offering entirely fresh perspectives on East German society.' Mary Fulbrook, University College London