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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808454703321

Autore

Evans Jennifer V. <1970->

Titolo

Life among the Ruins : Cityscape and Sexuality in Cold War Berlin / / by J. Evans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-29027-8

9786613290274

0-230-31528-3

0-230-31665-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2011.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Collana

Genders and Sexualities in History, , 2730-9479

Classificazione

8,1

LB 40015

LB 44032

LB 72032 B515

NQ 6060

Disciplina

943.155087

943/.155087

Soggetti

Sex customs - Germany - Berlin - History - 20th century

Social History

European History

History of Germany and Central Europe

Modern History

Cultural History

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Berlin (Germany) History 1945-1990

Berlin (Germany) Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The cellar and the bunker -- The street -- The train station -- Bars, cafeĢs, clubs -- Home -- Conclusion : borders and boundaries.

Sommario/riassunto

As home to 1920s excess and Hitler's Final Solution, Berlin's physical



and symbolic landscape was an important staging ground for the highs and lows of modernity. In Cold War Berlin, social and political boundaries were porous, and the rubble gave refuge to a re-emerging gay and lesbian scene, youth gangs, prostitutes, hoods, and hustlers.