Benedikt Wolf

Janin Afken

This book is the first attempt to present a comprehensive picture of LGBT culture in the two German states in the 1970s. Starting from the common view of the decade between the moderation of the German anti-sodomy law in 1968 (East) and 1969 (West) and the first documented case of AIDS (1982) as a ‘golden age’ for queer politics and culture, this edited collection traces the way this impression has been shaped by cultural production. The chapters ask: What exactly made the 1970s a 'legendary decade'? What was its revolutionary potential and what were its path-breaking political and aesthetic strategies? Which elements, movements and memories had to be marginalized in order to facilitate the historical construction of the 'legendary decade'? Exploring the complex picture of gay, lesbian and – to a lesser extent – trans cultures from this time, the volume provides fascinating insights into both canonized and marginalized texts and films from and about the decade.

A Golden Age for Queers?

Sexual Culture in Germany in the 1970s

Benno Gammerl

Initiative Queer Nations

Rainer Nicolaysen

Jan Feddersen

Das Jahrbuch Sexualitäten ist ein jährlich erscheinendes Periodikum, das Fragen des Sexuellen in einem weiten Sinne thematisiert - unter anderem in den Bereichen des Gesellschaftlichen, Politischen, Kulturellen, Historischen und Juristischen, in der Medizin und den Naturwissenschaften, in Religion, Pädagogik und Psychologie. Mit Beiträgen u. a. von: Sabine Balke, Jenny Bauer, Martin Dannecker, Petra Gehring, Anna Hájková, Rainer Herrn, Lela Lähnemann, Timo Lehmann, Moritz Liebeknecht, Jessica Lynn, Konstanze Plett, Falko Schnicke, Vojin Saša Vukadinovic, Götz Wienold.

Janin Afken

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