Item

Brutality and Desire: War and Sexuality in Europe's Twentieth Century

title

Brutality and Desire: War and Sexuality in Europe's Twentieth Century

author

Herzog, D.

publisher

Palgrave Macmillan UK

pub year

2008

description

Tracing sexual violence in Europe's twentieth century from the Armenian genocide to Auschwitz and Algeria to Bosnia, this pathbreaking volume expands military history to include the realm of sexuality. Examining both stories of consensual romance and of intimate brutality, it also contributes significant new insights to the history of sexuality.

Audience Education Level

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See all items with this valueAdult Specialised

temporal

20th Century

spatial

See all items with this valueEurope (continent)

keywords

See all items with this valueSexual violence
See all items with this valueAnti-LGBTQ+ violence

reviewer

Katie Arthur

Item sets

HistSex Books