The Resource Life among the ruins : cityscape and sexuality in Cold War Berlin, Jennifer V. Evans
Life among the ruins : cityscape and sexuality in Cold War Berlin, Jennifer V. Evans
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The item Life among the ruins : cityscape and sexuality in Cold War Berlin, Jennifer V. Evans represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute Library.
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- Summary
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- 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.
- 'From mothers sheltering in bunkers, children playing in the ruins, and rent boys plying their trade at train stations, to teenagers courting at the Wannsee, Jennifer Evans brings the experiences of Berliners alive. This is a fascinating book, which should be read by all those with an interest in the social history of the early Cold War.' - Josie McLellan, University of Bristol, UK 'A compelling and imaginative experiment in joining the history of urban space with the histories of social deviance and cultural reconstruction, Evans' book provides a richly detailed portrait of a radically dislocated world.' - Dagmar Herzog, author of Sexuality in Europe: A Twentieth-Century History
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 317 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction
- The cellar and the bunker
- The street
- The train station
- Bars, cafés, clubs
- Home
- Conclusion : borders and boundaries
- Isbn
- 9780230202016
- Label
- Life among the ruins : cityscape and sexuality in Cold War Berlin
- Title
- Life among the ruins
- Title remainder
- cityscape and sexuality in Cold War Berlin
- Statement of responsibility
- Jennifer V. Evans
- Subject
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- Berlin (Germany) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Civil society -- Germany | Berlin -- History -- 20th century
- Prostitution -- Germany | Berlin -- History -- 20th century
- Sex customs -- Germany | Berlin -- History -- 20th century
- Sex role -- Germany | Berlin -- History -- 20th century
- Sexual ethics -- Germany | Berlin -- History -- 20th century
- Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1945-1990
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- 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.
- 'From mothers sheltering in bunkers, children playing in the ruins, and rent boys plying their trade at train stations, to teenagers courting at the Wannsee, Jennifer Evans brings the experiences of Berliners alive. This is a fascinating book, which should be read by all those with an interest in the social history of the early Cold War.' - Josie McLellan, University of Bristol, UK 'A compelling and imaginative experiment in joining the history of urban space with the histories of social deviance and cultural reconstruction, Evans' book provides a richly detailed portrait of a radically dislocated world.' - Dagmar Herzog, author of Sexuality in Europe: A Twentieth-Century History
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1970-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Evans, Jennifer V.
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Genders and sexualities in history series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Sex customs
- Sexual ethics
- Sex role
- Prostitution
- Civil society
- Berlin (Germany)
- Berlin (Germany)
- Summary expansion
- 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 became 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
- Label
- Life among the ruins : cityscape and sexuality in Cold War Berlin, Jennifer V. Evans
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The cellar and the bunker -- The street -- The train station -- Bars, cafés, clubs -- Home -- Conclusion : borders and boundaries
- Control code
- FIEb17317617
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xiv, 317 pages
- Isbn
- 9780230202016
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (DLC) 2011013743
- (OCoLC)711777347
- Label
- Life among the ruins : cityscape and sexuality in Cold War Berlin, Jennifer V. Evans
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The cellar and the bunker -- The street -- The train station -- Bars, cafés, clubs -- Home -- Conclusion : borders and boundaries
- Control code
- FIEb17317617
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xiv, 317 pages
- Isbn
- 9780230202016
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (DLC) 2011013743
- (OCoLC)711777347
Subject
- Berlin (Germany) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Civil society -- Germany | Berlin -- History -- 20th century
- Prostitution -- Germany | Berlin -- History -- 20th century
- Sex customs -- Germany | Berlin -- History -- 20th century
- Sex role -- Germany | Berlin -- History -- 20th century
- Sexual ethics -- Germany | Berlin -- History -- 20th century
- Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1945-1990
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