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001 2014004986
003 DLC
005 20150626080621.0
008 140505s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014004986
020 $a9780307272102 (hardback)
020 $z9780385353076 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aHQ76.2.G42$bB43 2014
082 00 $a306.76/60943155$223
084 $aSOC012000$aHIS014000$aHIS037070$2bisacsh
100 1 $aBeachy, Robert.
245 10 $aGay Berlin :$bbirthplace of a modern identity /$cRobert Beachy.
264 1 $aNew York :$bKnopf,$c2014.
300 $axix, 305 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 275-295) and index.
520 $a"A detailed historical look at the surprising ways in which the uninhibited urban sexuality, sexual experimentation and medical advances of pre-Weimar Berlin created and molded our modern understanding of sexual orientation and gay identity. Long known for the friendly company of its "warm brothers" (German slang for men who love other men), Berlin, even before the turn of the twentieth-century, was a place where educators, activists, and medical professionals could explore and begin to educate both themselves and Europe about new and emerging sexual identities. From Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, a German activist described by some as the world's first openly gay man, to the world of Berlin's vast homosexual subcultures-tolerated and monitored by the police commissioner through the "Department of Homosexuals and Blackmailers"-to a major sex scandal that enraptured the daily newspapers and shook the court of Emperor William II, and on through some of the world's first sex reassignment surgeries, Beachy deftly guides the reader through past events and developments that continue to shape and influence the way we think of sexuality to this day. Gay Berlin is certain to be considered a foundational study"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"A detailed historical look at the surprising ways in which the uninhibited urban sexuality, sexual experimentation and medical advances of pre-Weimar Berlin created and molded our modern understanding of sexual orientation and gay identity"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aGay men$zGermany$zBerlin$xIdentity.
650 0 $aGay culture$zGermany$zBerlin.
650 0 $aHomosexuality$zGermany$zBerlin.
650 0 $aGender identity$zGermany$zBerlin.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Gay Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / Germany.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$u9780307272102.jpg