Visual Collective Memories of National Socialism: Transatlantic HIV/AIDS Activism and Discourses of Persecutions

IF 0.5 2区 历史学 Q1 HISTORY
S. Tremblay
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Focusing on Bavarian policies and analysing the pages of gay and lesbian written-communication networks, this article demonstrates how a memory of the national socialist persecution of homosexualities fed a collective fear of state repression in homosexual circles in the 1980s and 1990s. It argues that comparisons between HIV/AIDS policies and National Socialism not only originated in a German national context, but were also anchored in a transatlantic story, linking queer emancipation movements in Europe and North America. It furthermore underlines how this history of queer political thought goes beyond the textual. In order to make this claim, the article traces a genealogy of the Pink Triangle in the northern transatlantic world. The symbol was originally used to brand non-heteronormative men in concentration camps, but it was recuperated in the 1970s both in Europe and in North America. AIDS activists reinterpreted the symbol for a new political context in the 1980s. All in all, using examples and analysis emanating from queer history, the article shows how the history of social movements needs to be understood in a global perspective. This analysis further proves the role of images and symbols as third idioms for the flow and translation of ideas across the Atlantic.
国家社会主义的视觉集体记忆:跨大西洋的艾滋病活动家和迫害话语
本文聚焦于巴伐利亚的政策,并分析了男女同性恋书面交流网络的页面,展示了在20世纪80年代和90年代,国家社会主义迫害同性恋的记忆如何助长了同性恋群体对国家镇压的集体恐惧。它认为,将艾滋病政策与国家社会主义进行比较,不仅源于德国的国家背景,而且植根于一个跨大西洋的故事,将欧洲和北美的酷儿解放运动联系起来。它进一步强调了酷儿政治思想的历史是如何超越文本的。为了证明这一点,这篇文章追溯了北大西洋世界的粉红三角的家谱。这个标志最初是用来标记集中营里的非异性恋男性,但在20世纪70年代在欧洲和北美重新使用。艾滋病活动人士在20世纪80年代根据新的政治背景重新诠释了这一符号。总而言之,通过对酷儿历史的实例和分析,这篇文章展示了社会运动的历史需要从全球的角度来理解。这一分析进一步证明了形象和符号作为第三种习语在跨大西洋思想流动和翻译中的作用。
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German History
German History Multiple-
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期刊介绍: German History is the journal of the German History Society and was first published in 1984. The journal offers refereed research articles, dissertation abstracts, news of interest to German historians, conference reports and a substantial book review section in four issues a year. German History’s broad ranging subject areas and high level of standards make it the top journal in its field and an essential addition to any German historian"s library.
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