Dagmar Herzog

Sexuality in Europe (eBook, ePUB)

A Twentieth-Century History

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This original book brings a fascinating and accessible account of the tumultuous history of sexuality in Europe from the waning of Victorianism to the collapse of Communism and the rise of European Islam. Although the twentieth century is often called 'the century of sex' and seen as an era of increasing liberalization, Dagmar Herzog instead emphasizes the complexities and contradictions in sexual desires and behaviours, the ambivalences surrounding sexual freedom, and the difficulties encountered in securing sexual rights. Incorporating the most recent scholarship on a broad range of conceptual problems and national contexts, the book investigates the shifting fortunes of marriage and prostitution, contraception and abortion, queer and straight existence. It analyzes sexual violence in war and peace, the promotion of sexual satisfaction in fascist and democratic societies, the role of eugenics and disability, the politicization and commercialization of sex, and processes of secularization and religious renewal.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139124010
• Artikelnr.: 37866149

Autorenporträt

Dagmar Herzog is Professor of History and Daniel Rose Faculty Scholar at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Her previous publications include Sex after Fascism: Memory and Morality in Twentieth-Century Germany (2005), Brutality and Desire: War and Sexuality in Europe's Twentieth Century (as editor, 2009) and Sex in Crisis: The New Sexual Revolution and the Future of American Politics (2008).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Reconceiving sexuality, 1900
14; 2. State interventions, 1914
45; 3. Cold War cultures, 1945
65; 4. Pleasure and rebellion, 1965
80; 5. Partnerships and practices, 1980
2010; Epilogue.

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Introduction; 1. Reconceiving sexuality, 1900-14; 2. State interventions, 1914-45; 3. Cold War cultures, 1945-65; 4. Pleasure and rebellion, 1965-80; 5. Partnerships and practices, 1980-2010; Epilogue.