Violent Sensations: Sex, Crime, and Utopia in Vienna and Berlin, 1860-1914

by Scott Spector

Book Overview

Around the turn of the twentieth century, Vienna and Berlin were centers of scientific knowledge, accompanied by a sense of triumphalism and confidence in progress. Yet they were also sites of fascination with urban decay, often focused on sexual and criminal deviants and the tales of violence surrounding them. Sensational media reports fed the prurient public's hunger for stories from the criminal underworld: sadism, sexual murder, serial killings,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022619678X
• ISBN13: 9780226196787
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"