Nationalism and sexuality
Subtitle: respectability and abnormal sexuality in modern Europe
By: George L. Mosse.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: H. Fertig
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Sex customs -- Europe -- History; Sexual ethics -- Europe -- History; Middle class -- Europe -- Conduct of life; Sex customs -- Germany -- Case studies; Fascism and sex -- Germany -- Case studies; Sex customs -- Great Britain -- Case studies
Description: Traces the relationship between nationalist ideology and the normative manners, morals, and sexuality of modern Europe which emerged at the end of the 18th century. Discusses the view that "outsiders"--Homosexual, insane, criminal, or Jewish - were abnormal, and the equation of racial degeneracy with sexual degeneracy. Some homosexuals, wishing to prove their masculinity, attacked Jews and embraced racism. In Weimar Germany, sexual decadence was blamed on the Jews. Ch. 7 (p. 133-152) deals with the relationship between sexuality and antisemitism in Germany and in Nazi thought.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 195-223.
Includes index.