- Seattle, United States
Laurie Marhoefer
University of Washington, History, Faculty Member
- History, Modern Germany, History of Sexuality, Queer History, Weimar Republic, 20th Century German History, and 14 moreGay and Lesbian History, Women's History, Gender History, History of Medicine, History Of Eugenics, German History, Holocaust Studies, Gay And Lesbian Studies, History of Prostitution, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, National Socialism, Lesbian Studies, German Studies, and Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Studiesedit
- I'm a historian of modern Germany and of sexuality, queer sexuality in particular. My first book is on the German hom... moreI'm a historian of modern Germany and of sexuality, queer sexuality in particular. My first book is on the German homosexual emancipation movement and the Weimar Republic. I am currently at work on a second, transnational project on queer politics in the twentieth century.edit
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Guest post on the Weimar Studies Network
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University of Toronto Press, fall 2015.
http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Weimar-Republic-Homosexual-Emancipation/dp/1442626577/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1429754207&sr=8-2&keywords=sex+and+the+weimar+republic
http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Weimar-Republic-Homosexual-Emancipation/dp/1442626577/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1429754207&sr=8-2&keywords=sex+and+the+weimar+republic
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German Studies Review 34 No. 3 (2011): 529-550
Now also in JSTOR!
http://www.jstor.org/stable/41303797?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Now also in JSTOR!
http://www.jstor.org/stable/41303797?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
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In Germany in the 1920s and early 1930s, reading was
central to the the recognition of lesbian desires and the building
of lesbian subcultures. Journal of Women’s History 27:2 (2015)
central to the the recognition of lesbian desires and the building
of lesbian subcultures. Journal of Women’s History 27:2 (2015)
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This article reviews European ideas about homosexuality and "civilization," race, and social constructionism, from the 19th century to the present, in the process considering imperialism, sexology, 1970s feminism, Foucault, and the... more
This article reviews European ideas about homosexuality and "civilization," race, and social constructionism, from the 19th century to the present, in the process considering imperialism, sexology, 1970s feminism, Foucault, and the controversy over Judith Butler's refusal of the 2010 Civil Courage Prize. In Jennifer V. Evans, Florian Mildenberger, Rüdiger Lautmann, and Jakob Pastötter, eds. <i>Was ist Homosexualität? Forschungsgeschichte, gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen und Perspektiven</i> (Männerschwarm, 2014).
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Ever since 8 November 2016, when Donald Trump won the US Presidential Election, people have tried to make sense of this unexpected and – for many – shocking victory. One of the most popular explanations was that of a ‘backlash’ of... more
Ever since 8 November 2016, when Donald Trump won the US Presidential Election, people have tried to make sense of this unexpected and – for many – shocking victory. One of the most popular explanations was that of a ‘backlash’ of disaffected voters – mostly from the white working class – against progressive ‘identity politics’ in support of the rights of disadvantaged groups and minorities.
This is where the Weimar Republic comes in. The collapse of Germany’s first liberal democracy and the establishing of the Nazi dictatorship are among the most intensely researched and debated topics in modern history. In their search to find an explanation for this catastrophic failure of democracy, historians have long argued that it was Germany’s authoritarian traditions and lack of political modernization that doomed the young republic from the start. This Sonderweg (special path) thesis has attracted much criticism and recently the opposite argument has been made: to some extent at least, Weimar was too modern, too liberal, too progressive. Particularly with its famously permissive sexual politics, the republic pushed the envelope so far that an inevitable backlash followed that swept Hitler’s anti-democratic movement into power.
This is where the Weimar Republic comes in. The collapse of Germany’s first liberal democracy and the establishing of the Nazi dictatorship are among the most intensely researched and debated topics in modern history. In their search to find an explanation for this catastrophic failure of democracy, historians have long argued that it was Germany’s authoritarian traditions and lack of political modernization that doomed the young republic from the start. This Sonderweg (special path) thesis has attracted much criticism and recently the opposite argument has been made: to some extent at least, Weimar was too modern, too liberal, too progressive. Particularly with its famously permissive sexual politics, the republic pushed the envelope so far that an inevitable backlash followed that swept Hitler’s anti-democratic movement into power.