THE SODOMITIC REPUTATION OF WEIMAR BERLIN

Authors

  • Gregory Woods Nottingham Trent University

Keywords:

Berlin. Homosexuality. Nazism.

Abstract

Weimar Berlin became the European city of erotic dreams and moral nightmares. Berlin became the symbol both of the wonderful things that could be achieved if one fought for them and of the terrible things that might happen if one did not fight against them. The openness and proliferation of Berlin's homosexual life was both a promise and a threat. Weimar's legacy was not so much the vengeful righteousness of Nazism as the efficient fervour with which queer Berlin re-established itself and thrived after the war, even at the hostile epicentre of the Cold War.

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Author Biography

Gregory Woods, Nottingham Trent University

Professor de Estudos Gays e Lésbicos na Nottingham Trent University, na Inglaterra. Publicou: Articulate Flesh: male homo-eroticism and modern poetry. New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 1987; A history of gay literature: the male tradition. New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 1998. É autor também de três coleções de poesia: We Have the Melon (1992), May I Say Nothing (1998) e The District Commissioner's Dreams (2002), todas pela Carcanet Press.

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Published

2004-06-19

How to Cite

Woods, G. (2004). THE SODOMITIC REPUTATION OF WEIMAR BERLIN. Gragoatá, 8(14). Retrieved from https://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/33443

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 14 (2003): BODIES, EROTICISM AND SEXUALITY

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