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Description of  Different from the Others: German and Dutch Discourses of Queer Femininity and Female Desire, 1918 1940

For much of Europe, the interwar period was one of cultural expansion and diversion and increased visibility for lesbians. While historical research on Germany during the period immediately after the First World War has been extensively studied by historians through the lens of gender and sexualitywith an implicit emphasis on the masculine dimension of queer female sexualitythe Dutch context has been virtually ignored. Through careful and sensitive studies of medicosocial discourses, media representations, and literary depictions of queer femininity, Read more