Life among the ruins[electronic reso...
Berlin (Germany)

 

  • Life among the ruins[electronic resource] :cityscape and sexuality in Cold War Berlin /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 943/.155087
    書名/作者: Life among the ruins : cityscape and sexuality in Cold War Berlin // Jennifer V. Evans.
    作者: Evans, Jennifer V.,
    出版者: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK : : New York,, 2011.
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource : : ill., maps.
    標題: Sex customs - History - 20th century. - Germany
    標題: Sexual ethics - History - 20th century. - Germany
    標題: Sex role - History - 20th century. - Germany
    標題: Prostitution - History - 20th century. - Germany
    標題: Civil society - History - 20th century. - Germany
    標題: HISTORY - Europe
    標題: Berlin (Germany) - Biography.
    ISBN: 9780230316652 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 0230316654 (electronic bk.)
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    內容註: Illustrations and Map -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Cellar and the Bunker -- The Street -- The Train Station -- Bars, Ca�fs, Clubs -- Home -- Conclusion: Borders and Boundaries -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- -- -- �
    摘要、提要註: 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.
    電子資源: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230316652
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