Queer Lives Across the Wall by Andrea Rottmann

Queer Lives Across the Wall by Andrea Rottmann

Queer Lives across the Wall examines the everyday lives of queer Berliners between 1945 and 1970, tracing private and public queer life from the end of the Nazi regime through the gay and lesbian liberation movements of the 1970s. Andrea Rottmann explores how certain spaces – including homes, bars, streets, parks, and prisons – facilitated and restricted queer lives in the overwhelmingly conservative climate that characterized both German postwar states. With a theoretical toolkit informed by feminist, queer, and spatial theories, the book goes beyond previous histories that focus on state surveillance and the persecution of male homosexuality.

"I gobbled this book upIt is a quick read with lots of information. If you love history, then add this Queer Lives across the Wall to your list."

-- Mx. Phoebe * Mx. Phoebe’s Viewpoint *
“This book stands as a shining example—to non-queer as well as to queer historians—of how to find creative solutions to archival issues and how to persevere in the face of adversity. In daring to articulate these most hidden aspects of the “love that dare not speak its name,” Rottmann provides us with courageous models and antecedents. The book itself feels like a labor of love.” -- Mark Fenemore, Manchester Metropolitan University * German Studies Review *

Andrea Rottmann is a postdoctoral research fellow in history at the Freie Universität Berlin.

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ISBN 13	9781487547806
ISBN 10	1487547803
Title	Queer Lives Across the Wall
Author	Andrea Rottmann
Series	German And European Studies
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Toronto Press
Year published	2023-05-18
Number of pages	266
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