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Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin (Expanded Edition) Paperback – August 1, 2008

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This seductive sourcebook of rare visual delights from pre-Nazi, Cabaret-period “Babylon on the Spree” has the distinction of being praised both by scholars and avatars of contemporary culture, inspiring hip club goers, filmmakers, gay historians, graphic designers, and musicians like the Dresden Dolls and Marilyn Manson.

This expanded edition includes “Sex Magic and the Occult,” documenting German pagan cults and their often-bizarre erotic rituals, including instructions for entering into the “Sexual Fourth Dimension.”

Mel Gordon is professor of theater at the University of California, Berkeley, and is also the author of Erik Jan Hanussen: Hitler’s Jewish Clairvoyant (Feral House).

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Mel Gordon is Professor of Theater Arts at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of twelve books, including "The Grand Guignol," "Dada Performance," "The Stanislavsky Technique," and the Feral House titles, "Erik Jan Hanussen: Hitler's Jewish Clairvoyant" and "The Seven Addictions and Five Professions of Anita Berber."

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Paperback: 300 pages
Publisher: Feral House; NONE, Expanded edition (August 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0922915962
ISBN-13: 978-0922915965
Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.8 x 11 inches
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August 23, 2016

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There's an apocryphal story about David Bowie meeting Christopher Isherwood, author of "Berlin Stories." Bowie said something to the effect that it must have been exciting to be in Weimar Germany during the Roaring Twenties, what with the tycoons, transvestites, and spies all rubbing shoulders. At this point Isherwood felt compelled to let the relatively younger man know that he was a writer of fiction, and that the Weimar that fed his adventurous stories was very much fabricated.

The point of this anecdote is to highlight how elusive the reality of any bygone era is at a certain remove, and to further point out that Mel Gordon does the reader interested in the real history of Weimar a bit of a disservice by (by his own admission) ignoring anything that doesn't serve his sensationalist agenda. "Eroticism" is a subjective term, and while I didn't object to the S & M/ gender play content (or even the urolagnia/coprophagia), the sexualization of children glorified in the book (even if Gordon would deny this was his intent) was a bit much too stomach.

Taken in the right spirit, as something in the same vein as Kenneth Anger's "Hollywood Babylon," which is to say a kind of salacious bit of tabloid-style light reading, the book really isn't half bad. Some of the photos, flyers, and bits of artwork are essential Weimar memorabilia that help give the reader insight into Germany's ill-fated experiment with democracy in the post-Wilhelmine era. But those of a more scholarly bent beware: there is a bibliography, but no sources, and when I attempted to find external corroboration of many of the assertions in the book, the only results I got online led me right back to this book. That's a red flag right there. Tepid recommendation.

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A rare visual cataloguing of the sensational show that was the Weimar Republic in Berlin. Thanks for letting me know about it, Amazon!

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I really love this book, and I think that it is a must read for anyone interested in Weimar Berlin or erotic entertainment. The only reason I didn't give it five stars was that the format of the e-book was a little messed up. To be honest, though, this doesn't surprise me as it is published by Feral House, which is one of the less scrupulous independent publishers.

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A voluminous, encyclopedic overview and detailed analysis of a forgotten time. With graphic photos, all placed in proper context. A must for any student of social development, or theatre director looking for how to stage works from this period.

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August 25, 2017

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A startling but detailed account of the Weimar era of Berlin. Enough information to actually be a textbook if someone were teaching a course on the subject. A dense and disturbing book, not for the faint of heart.

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An amazing record of a time and place

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The vision of Weimar Berlin as a bastion of decadence in increasingly Nazi-fied Germany is perhaps due in large part to our familiarity with the musical "Cabaret" or with Isherwood's "Berlin Stories." But in fact, the available documentation for that vision has been pretty slim until recently.
Mel Gordon has spent years assembling the material he shares in this amazing book. Be warned; this is not a pleasant book to read. The images can be disturbing or downright upsetting, and the information therein is similarly unsettling. It is, however, an invaluable resource for any student of the period as it makes available material that has simply not been widely seen outside of Germany.
If you are as fascinated as I am with the period between the wars, this book is a must-have. It gives depth to the glossy, Hollywood version of Berlin decadence, and shows it to be born as much out of poverty and hopelessness as out of the free expression of sexuality/sensuality. And please do take quite seriously the warning: This book is NOT for the faint of heart.

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Excellent book, which had lots of information regarding Berlin, Germany in the wild 20s. I only wish there was more in depth material to read and more photo's. Especially interesting was the "Occult" section, which could have had a more in depth coverage, but I'm not complaining. Dietrich Eckhart, who belonged to a number of Occult Societies introduced Hitler to Ernst Rohm The Criminal Elements or crime section was also heady. Overall, well put together and very interesting. I think including the individuals and activies of some subversive groups in Berlin at the time would have been helpful in understanding the rise of Naziasm in the 20's. I understand there were a number of "White Russian" exiles that supported Hitler's cause.

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Depends on your curiosity what you will fine amusing or of interest. There is little doubt that man and woman have kinky desires. I found it informative and humorous, sometime peaking my own interests in the realm of sexuality.

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pre world war II berlin was out of control. this book documents some of the social excesses before the nazis clamped down on everything.

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He excites our imaginations as he tells us what it must have been like in Germany in those days

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