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Love in the time of communism : intimacy and sexuality in the GDR /

"In the aftermath of the reunification of Germany one former dissident recalled nostalgically that under the East German regime 'we had more sex and we had more to laugh about'. Love in the Time of Communism is a fascinating history of the GDR's forgotten sexual revolution and it...

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Main Author:	McLellan, Josie
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Subjects:	Sex > Germany (East) > History. Communism and love > Germany (East) > History. Germany (East) > Social conditions. Germany (East) > History. HISTORY / Europe / General.
Online Access:	Cover image Contributor biographical information Publisher description Table of contents only

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