Overview
- Explores the historical construction of the 1970s as a legendary decade in LGBT culture in the two German states
- Examines how cultural production fuelled this image and investigates the revolutionary strategies and potential of the period
- Features a wealth of sources, including analysis of both canonized and marginalized texts and films originating in and focusing on this decade
Part of the book series: Genders and Sexualities in History (GSX)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Legendary Time and Space of the Queer 1970s in Germany
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The Canonized Queer 1970s
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is the first attempt to present a comprehensive picture of LGBT culture in the two German states in the 1970s. Starting from the common view of the decade between the moderation of the German anti-sodomy law in 1968 (East) and 1969 (West) and the first documented case of AIDS (1982) as a ‘golden age’ for queer politics and culture, this edited collection traces the way this impression has been shaped by cultural production. The chapters ask: What exactly made the 1970s a 'legendary decade'? What was its revolutionary potential and what were its path-breaking political and aesthetic strategies? Which elements, movements and memories had to be marginalized in order to facilitate the historical construction of the 'legendary decade'? Exploring the complex picture of gay, lesbian and – to a lesser extent – trans cultures from this time, the volume provides fascinating insights into both canonized and marginalized texts and films from and about the decade.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Janin Afken is Research Assistant at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany. Her publications include 'Geschlechterbilder/Sexualität” in Stefan-Zweig-Handbuch (2018).
Benedikt Wolf is Research Associate at Bielefeld University, Germany. His publications include Penetrierte Männlichkeit. Sexualität und Poetik in deutschsprachigen Erzähltexten der literarischen Moderne (1905–1969) (2018), and “Queer Writing” (co-authored with Andreas Krass) in The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of Berlin (2017).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sexual Culture in Germany in the 1970s
Book Subtitle: A Golden Age for Queers?
Editors: Janin Afken, Benedikt Wolf
Series Title: Genders and Sexualities in History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27427-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27426-9Published: 02 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27429-0Published: 26 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-27427-6Published: 11 December 2019
Series ISSN: 2730-9479
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9487
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 295
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Germany and Central Europe, History of Modern Europe, Cultural History, Social History, Gender and Sexuality