In what ways can erotica chart the story of a nation in transition? What can it reveal about the discontinuities – and uncomfortable parallels – between the periods of political and economic turmoil that characterize modern German history?
The rapid modernization of the German Empire in 1871 led to large-scale transformations in the cultural, social, and political spheres. Exploring a rich diversity of erotic visual art – from paintings and photographs, to postcards and graphic folios – this volume reveals the impact of these changes on the erotic interests of the nation.
Across diverse forms of artistic production, reception, and circulation, Erotic Art in Modern Germany argues for the significance and cultural value of erotica. It presents work by both highly regarded and lesser-known artists and examines themes such as legal cultures and the impact of censorship, sexuality and sexual reform, and changing political frameworks, from imperialism to fascism. 10 chapters study diverse topics that engage with philological and ethnographic approaches to erotic art, demonstrate how scientific developments shape erotica, and investigate the ways in which works intersect with debates on gender and sexuality.
With its holistic, cross-disciplinary approach-drawing from the fields of anthropology, film theory, Marxism, feminism, and trans- and queer theories – the book complicates simplistic understandings of 'modern' erotica and powerfully underlines its enduring significance as a site of dissent and experimentation.
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- Cover
- Halftitle page
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CONTRIBUTORS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- SERIES EDITOR INTRODUCTION EROTIC LOOKS Thomas O. Haakenson
- Introduction: Erotic Art in Modern Germany Camilla Smith and Ty Vanover
- PART ONE Locating Eroticism: Centers and Peripheries
- 1 “Hans Licht”: Bringing Ancient Homosexuality into the Light Whitney Davis
- 2 Kirchner’s Kāma-sūtra: Indian Erotica and Orientalist Fantasies in Imperial Germany Sol Izquierdo de la Viña
- 3 Rudolf Wacker’s Portfolio of Sexual Graffiti as Intimate Ethnology Änne Söll
- PART TWO Queer Desire and Gender Nonconformity
- 4 Fantasies of Lesbian Desire in Max Klinger’s Zelt (Pavilion; 1916) Clare I. Rogan
- 5 Charlotte Berend-Corinth, Anita Berber, and Female Erotica in the Weimar Republic Abbey Rees-Hales
- 6 Hiding in the Surface: Platonic Eros and the Workof Sascha Schneider Christiane Starck
- 7 Spiritual Homoeroticism: The Sexual Utopia of Elisàr von Kupffer and Eduard von Mayer Damien Delille
- PART THREE Body Politics: Possibilities and Foreclosures
- 8 Otto Dix’s Soldier andNun (Rape) (1924): A Testimony to War or Sexual Violence? Marie Gispert
- 9 Eros, Architecture, and Photography:Heinz Hajek-Halke and German Surrealism Camilla Smith
- 10 The Allure of the Ideal: Homoerotic Art for theThird Reich Ty Vanover
- INDEX
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