{"product_id":"queer-lives-across-the-wall-desire-and-danger-in-divided-berlin-1945-1970-paperback-softback-9781487547806","title":"Queer Lives Across the Wall; Desire and Danger in Divided Berlin, 1945-1970 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487547806","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eQueer Lives Across the Wall\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDesire and Danger in Divided Berlin, 1945-1970\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrea Rottmann (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487547806\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 May 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e266 pages, 21 b\u0026amp;w illustrations, 1 b\u0026amp;w map\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.38 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I gobbled this book up. It is a quick read with lots of information. If you love history, then add this \u003ci\u003eQueer Lives across the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e to your list.\" \u003c\/p\u003e - Mx. Phoebe (\u003cem\u003eMx. Phoebe\u0026amp;#x2019;s Viewpoint\u003c\/em\u003e) \"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 (\u003cem\u003eGerman Studies Review\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eQueer Lives across the Wall\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAndrea 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations and Map\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: \"Mamita invites you in\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Homes \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Surveilled Sociability: Queer Bars \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Passing Through, Trespassing, Passing in Public Spaces \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Bubis Behind Bars: Prisons as Queer Spaces \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685309116696,"sku":"9781487547806","price":22.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/queer-lives-across-the-wall-desire-and-danger-in-divided-berlin-1945-1970-paperback-softback-9781487547806","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}