An Intimate History of the Front: Masculinity, Sexuality, and German Soldiers in the First World War

This eye-opening study gives a nuanced, provocative account of how German soldiers in the Great War experienced and enacted masculinity. Drawing on an array of relevant narratives and media, it explores the ways that both heterosexual and homosexual soldiers expressed emotion, understood romantic ideals, and approached intimacy and sexuality.

Author: J. Crouthamel
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/09/2014
Pages: 233
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781137376916

About the Author

Jason Crouthamel is an Associate Professor at Grand Valley State University, USA. He is also the author of The Great War and German Memory: Society, Politics and Psychological Trauma, 1914-1945.