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Life among the ruins : cityscape and sexuality in Cold War Berlin

Record Type:	Electronic resources : monographic
Title Information:	cityscape and sexuality in Cold War Berlin
Author:	EvansJennifer V., 1970-
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility:	Palgrave Connect (Online service)
Place of Publication:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK
Published:	New York;
Year of Publication:	2011
Description:	1 online resourceill., maps. :
Series:	Genders and sexualities in history
Subject:	Sex customs - History - Germany - 20th century. -
Subject:	Sexual ethics - History - Germany - 20th century. -
Subject:	Sex role - History - Germany - 20th century. -
Subject:	Prostitution - History - Germany - 20th century. -
Subject:	Civil society - History - Germany - 20th century. -
Subject:	HISTORY - Europe -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230316652
Summary:	As home to 1920s debauchery and excess and Hitler's Final Solution, Berlin's physical and symbolic landscape was an important staging ground for the highs and lows of modernity. Life among the Ruins asks how postwar attempts to rebuild infrastructure and identity necessitated an engagement with past practices set in motion long before 1945. Berliners were forced to adapt swiftly to changing historical circumstances. City spaces could be enabling as well as restrictive, sites of danger and desire, places of crime and adventure. As expats, soldiers, visitors, and citizens navigated the ruined urban landscape in search of what once was, they discovered signs of destruction but also signs of life. Although a symbol of defeat and destruction, the rubble gave refuge to a reemerging gay and lesbian scene, while youth gangs, prostitutes, hoods, and hustlers sought shelter and community there. As a metaphor for a modernity both feared and desired, the book questions what beclme of this history in the years leading up to the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 when Cold War confrontation meant the city continued to occupy a unique place in 20th century European history.
ISBN:	9780230316652electronic bk.
ISBN:	0230316654electronic bk.
ISBN:	hbk.
ISBN:	hbk.
Content Note:	Illustrations and Map Acknowledgements Introduction The Cellar and the Bunker The Street The Train Station Bars, Ca�fs, Clubs Home Conclusion: Borders and Boundaries Notes Bibliography Index -- � Introduction The cellar and the bunker The street The train station Bars, caf�es, clubs Home Conclusion : borders and boundaries.

Life among the ruins : cityscape and sexuality in Cold War Berlin
Evans, Jennifer V.

Life among the ruins : cityscape and sexuality in Cold War Berlin / Jennifer V. Evans. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK : New York, 2011. - 1 online resource ; ill., maps.. - (Genders and sexualities in history).
Illustrations and Map.
Includes bibliographical references and index..
ISBN 9780230316652ISBN 0230316654
Sex customsSexual ethicsSex roleProstitutionCivil societyHISTORY -- History -- History -- History -- History -- History -- Germany -- Germany -- Germany -- Germany -- Germany -- Europe -- 20th century. -- 20th century. -- 20th century. -- 20th century. -- 20th century.

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