{"id":957,"date":"1992-09-07T22:29:17","date_gmt":"1992-09-08T03:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/?p=957"},"modified":"2012-07-07T22:34:51","modified_gmt":"2012-07-08T03:34:51","slug":"gay-voices-from-east-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/gay-voices-from-east-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay Voices From East Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The GLBTRT has been reviewing books and movies in its newsletter since the early 1990s. Trace the evolution of queer publishing through these historic reviews. This review was originally\u00a0published in\u00a0<a title=\"Read this issue online. \" href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/glbtrt\/sites\/ala.org.glbtrt\/files\/content\/newsletter\/newsletters\/1992fall.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Vol. 4, No. 3, Fall 1992<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-958\" style=\"border: 0pt none; float: left; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px;\" title=\"gay voices\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/gay-voices.jpeg\" alt=\"Cover of Gay Voices From East Germany\" width=\"198\" height=\"280\" \/><a title=\"Find this book in a library near you!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/22114251\">Gay Voices From East Germany: Interviews with Jurgen\u00a0Lemke. (English translation of: Ganz Normal Anders.) English version edited by John Borneman. Translations by Steven Stoltenbert, et al. Indiana University Press, 1991. Hardcover. $35.00 (ISBN 0-253-33319-9 alk) Paper. $12.95. (ISBN 0-253-20630-8 alk)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This book is the culmination of a project which\u00a0started in 1978 when Jurgen Lemke started interviewing\u00a0homosexual men who lived in what was once referred to\u00a0as East Germany. The German language edition was\u00a0published in 1989, but the English translations were not\u00a0completed until after the Berlin Wall was opened.<\/p>\n<p>Though the country no longer exists, the\u00a0interviews provide much insight into the lives of gay men\u00a0who were living in the German Democratic Republic.\u00a0Three groups of GDR&#8217;s citizens from the 1980&#8217;s are\u00a0profiled in the book, in nearly equal proportions: gay men\u00a0who were born before, during and after World War II.<\/p>\n<p>By the very nature of living to talk about their\u00a0lives in the 1980&#8217;s, each of these men discuss their unique\u00a0set of survival skills &#8211; coping with the oppression of a\u00a0fascist regime under Hitler, coping with the restrictions of\u00a0a Communist regime, coping with the tight housing and\u00a0employment markets in East Germany, in addition to\u00a0struggling through life itself within the framework of a\u00a0heterosexist European culture.<\/p>\n<p>The individuals who were interviewed discuss the\u00a0lighter and darker sides of their lives, including the\u00a0anguish and joys which arose from relationships with\u00a0their families, lovers, neighbors, colleagues and the society\u00a0at large.<\/p>\n<p>Even though women are absent from this book, it<br \/>\nstill provides a cross-sectional look at gay studies in Europe which is not available elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Reviewed by <strong>Gary M. Klein<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Toledo<br \/>\nToledo, OH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GLBTRT has been reviewing books and movies in its newsletter since the early 1990s. Trace the evolution of queer publishing through these historic reviews. This review was originally\u00a0published in\u00a0Vol. 4, No. 3, Fall 1992. Gay Voices From East Germany: Interviews with Jurgen\u00a0Lemke. (English translation of: Ganz Normal Anders.) English version edited by John Borneman. 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