Man for man (lexicon)
Mann für Mann is a "biographical encyclopedia on the history of love-friendship and male-male sexuality in the German-speaking area", which was first published in Hamburg in 1998 by Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller and then in several revised editions until 2010. It was published in Berlin and Munster by Lit-Verlag in the third edition as a revision and with additions to earlier editions under the title Mann für Mann and now contains, in addition to the articles by Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller, articles by Nicolai Clarus, Jens Dobler , Klaus Sator , Axel Schock and Raimund Wolfert .
The lexicon contains a chronological Gesamtregister , biographical articles, one of people and places and a list of affinity tables. In the more than 1,700 pages there is also an appendix, names from A to Z drawn up by Jens Dobler, from wanted papers from 1819 to 1924 . According to the text on the spine of the lexicons, the books contain:
“1300 smaller articles on love for friends and male-male sexuality in the German-speaking area from the High Middle Ages to the present day. It surprises with its wealth of comprehensive information. The focus is on the 20th century, and the recently deceased celebrities from the arts, science and gay movement such as: Hans Mayer , Charles Regnier , Einar Schleef , Charlotte von Mahlsdorf , Hans-Georg Stümke , Rudolph Moshammer , Erich Lifka and Friedhelm Mönter are taken into account . "
expenditure
- 1998 Mann für Mann - Biographical lexicon on the history of love for friends and male-male sexuality in the German-speaking area . Hamburg: MännerschwarmSkript Verlag , 911 pp. ISBN 3-928983-65-2
- 2001 Man for Man - A Biographical Lexicon . Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp , 926 pp. ISBN 3-518-39766-4 (pages match the first edition, additional people are in the addendum)
- 2010 Mann für Mann - Biographical lexicon on the history of love for friends and male-male sexuality in the German-speaking area . Berlin Lit publishing house. 2 vol., 1732 pp. ISBN 978-3-643-10693-3
Web links
- Andreas Brunner : Mammoth work with flaws (critical appraisal with an Austrian focus), qwien.at, June 22, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information from the German National Library and in the content of the lexicon.