02263nam a22003378a 4500 CR9780511997075 UkCbUP 20180107143416.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 110110s2011||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9780511997075 (ebook) 9780521870962 (hardback) 9780521691437 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda HQ18.E8 H47 2011 306.7094/0904 22 Herzog, Dagmar, author. Sexuality in Europe : A Twentieth-Century History / [electronic resource] Dagmar Herzog. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011. 1 online resource (238 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier New Approaches to European History ; no. 45 Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). This original book brings a fascinating and accessible new account of the tumultuous history of sexuality in Europe from the waning of Victorianism to the collapse of Communism and the rise of European Islam. Although the twentieth century is often called 'the century of sex' and seen as an era of increasing liberalization, Dagmar Herzog instead emphasizes the complexities and contradictions in sexual desires and behaviours, the ambivalences surrounding sexual freedom, and the difficulties encountered in securing sexual rights. Incorporating the most recent scholarship on a broad range of conceptual problems and national contexts, the book investigates the shifting fortunes of marriage and prostitution, contraception and abortion, queer and straight existence. It analyzes sexual violence in war and peace, the promotion of sexual satisfaction in fascist and democratic societies, the role of eugenics and disability, the politicization and commercialization of sex, and processes of secularization and religious renewal. Print version: 9780521870962 New Approaches to European History ; no. 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511997075 Cambridge Books Online 236795 236795