Glitter and Doom

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Glitter and Doom is the name of a Special Exhibit formerly shown at the

World Wars when the Weimar Republic was in political power. This Special Exhibit
was shown from November 16, 2006 to February 19, 2007.

Life in the Weimar Republic was marked by massive

widows without a means of feeding themselves resulted in prostitution
on a scale not seen before in Germany. Additionally, the repeal and relaxation of laws forbidding prostitution, homosexuality, and other 'moral vices' led to an explosion of an underground culture, with people enjoying pursuits not available in other European Cities.

Themes of the works include

transvestites
.

The exhibition was organized by Sabine Rewald, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Curator in the Department of Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art.

The works of this exhibit can be found in the book Glitter and Doom, by Yale University Press.

Artists shown in the Exhibit

In the media

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