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008 110621s2011 enka b 001 0 eng
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100 1 $aMcLellan, Josie.
245 10 $aLove in the time of communism :$bintimacy and sexuality in the GDR /$cJosie McLellan.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2011.
300 $ax, 239 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-235) and index.
505 0 $a1. Introduction: the East German sexual revolution -- 2. 'A bit of freedom': sex and young people -- 3. Marriage and monogamy -- 4. 'The dictatorship of love': sex, love, and state hypocrisy -- 5. Gay men, lesbians, and the struggle for the public sphere -- 6. The naked republic: nudism -- 7. Picturing sex: East German erotica -- 8. Conclusion: space for love?.
520 $a"In the aftermath of the reunification of Germany one former dissident recalled nostalgically that under the East German regime 'we had more sex and we had more to laugh about'. Love in the Time of Communism is a fascinating history of the GDR's forgotten sexual revolution and its limits. Josie McLellan shows that under communism divorce rates soared, abortion become commonplace and the rate of births outside marriage was amongst the highest in Europe. Nudism went from ban to state-sponsored boom, and erotica became common currency in both the official economy and the black market. Public discussion of sexuality was, however, tightly controlled and there were few opportunities to challenge traditional gender roles or sexual norms. Josie McLellan's pioneering account questions some of our basic assumptions about the relationship between sexuality, politics and society and is a major contribution to our understanding of the everyday emotional lives of postwar Europeans"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aSex$zGermany (East)$xHistory.
650 0 $aCommunism and love$zGermany (East)$xHistory.
651 0 $aGermany (East)$xSocial conditions.
651 0 $aGermany (East)$xHistory.
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