Bonus - Queer Germany, Ep. 3 w/ Samuel Huneke

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit <a href="https://www.americanprestigepod.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_7">www.americanprestigepod.com</a><br/><br/><p>Danny and Derek welcome back Samuel Huneke, assistant professor of history at George Mason University, to discuss his book <em>States of Liberation: Gay Men between Dictatorship and Democracy in Cold War Germany</em>. In this episode, they continue the discussion of life in Weimar Germany, why it became seen as the birthplace of modern gay politics, material conditions in a country grappling with the War Guilt Clause during the Great Depression, the influence of queer German exiles on American culture, the rise of the Nazis and their virulent homophobia, fascist aesthetics and queerness, and more. </p><p>Check out Samuel’s book <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/books/states-of-liberation-gay-men-between-dictatorship-and-democracy-in-cold-war-germany-9781487542146/9781487542146">here</a>.</p>